Dulcian
![Dulcian, 1700, Museu de la Música de Barcelona](/Images/godic/202501/10/Baixó,_segle_XVII0424.jpeg")
![Dulcians in Theatrum Instrumentorum (Michael Praetorius - 1620)](/Images/godic/202501/10/Dulcian0424.png")
![Soprano, alto, alto, tenor and bass dulcians from the Brussels collection.](/Images/godic/202501/10/Dulcians_Brussels0424.jpg")
The dulcian is a Renaissance woodwind instrument, with a double reed and a folded conical bore. Equivalent terms include "curtal" in English, "Dulzian" in German, "bajón" in Spanish, "douçaine"' in French, "dulciaan" in Dutch, and "dulciana" in Italian.