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Technically speaking, the bassoon has no mouthpiece. It has a bocal and a reed. If the reed is say a mouthpiece then it is not the smallest. The smallest would be maybe an Oboe reed or a sopranino Saxophone mouthpiece, depending on your definition of mouthpiece.

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