cello
By numbers, second place goes to the violas.
I think the answer is Bassoon
Violin is the smallest and viola is a little bit bigger than a violin
The double bass or contrabass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed stringed instrument used in the modern symhony orchestra. It is a standard member of the string section of the symphony orchestra and smaller string ensembles in Western classical music. 3216529335 txt mee (:The double bass or contrabass is the instrument in the modern day orchestra that has the rythems and the 'bass line' of the song. It is the second largest instrument in the string family and the second lowest-pitched bowed stringed instrument, second only to the octobass (as far as I know).
That depends on how you define it. The bass trombone will usually be playing the second lowest part, and just looking at it from a distance, you might think it is the second largest, but actually the French Horn has more tubing, and is therefore longer if it were stretched out straight, than the trombone. Because the French Horn's tubing is curled up much more closely than the trombones, though, it doesn't appear to be as big.
The conductor. The second in command is the orchestra's concertmaster, usually its first violinist.
The Pan flute is the second oldest woodwind instrument
there are four. they are violin, viola, cello and bass. there are two types of violins: based on ablility. The better people are placed in the first violins and the not so better people are placed in the second.
The second largest what?
The second largest state, as in country, is Canada. The second largest state in the world is Alaska. The second largest state in the US is Texas.
An orchestra of all strings, Violins, Violas, Cellos and Basses. The Piano, being a member of the percussion family would not normally be part of the string orchestra unless being used as solo instrument.
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, Saturn is the second largest.