Hi Jan-Peter, Although they are expensive it looks very interesting what they have. I just printed a few of their price lists and will probably order a few...
Hans Mons
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Mar 3, 2001 6:01 pm
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Hi Eric, The dulcian, kortholt and sordune have a number of things in common. First, all three instruments are developed during the renaissance, second all...
Hans Mons
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Mar 3, 2001 6:58 pm
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Hi, I joined the SCA (medieval reenactment group) about 2 years ago. I play the saxophone and am interested in learning some period woodwinds, but I don't have...
Arwen28@...
Mar 4, 2001 9:17 pm
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Hi Ami, My experience is that cheap instruments are usually in bad shape. You could try to find people who play these instruments and are willing to borrow...
Hans Mons
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Mar 4, 2001 11:01 pm
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Amy, Sorry about misspelling your name. Hans...
Hans Mons
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Mar 4, 2001 11:09 pm
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I´m a beginer shawm-player with problems in order to make my own reeds: Is there a correct size for a spanish soprano shawm or I´ll have to discover and...
Jose Javier TEJADA PO...
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Mar 5, 2001 9:22 am
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Hi Eric, ... Most of the overblowing instruments have lip-reed contact, the only exception I know of is the rauschpfeif that allowes overblowing a few notes....
Hans Mons
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Mar 5, 2001 7:43 pm
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Hi Jose, At 10:22 AM 3/5/01 +0100, "Jose Javier TEJADA PONCE" <albogue@...> ... Who is the maker of your shawm? Problem is that a standard "spanish...
Hans Mons
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Mar 5, 2001 7:43 pm
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Hi list, I bought a CD of the group Doulce Mémoire: a recording of the wedding ceremonies of Henri IV and Maria de Medici. Very beautiful. They use several...
walter.bosmans@...
Mar 5, 2001 9:35 pm
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Hi Walter, What I know about the bassanello is the following. Syntagma Musicum contains a picture with three bassanelli, a Bass in C, an Alt/Tenor in g and a...
Hans Mons
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Mar 5, 2001 10:11 pm
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... Hello Amy, to find an used crumhorn or other period woodwind took me some years and then I found two crumhorns and a cornamuse within two weeks among the...
buzon@...
Mar 6, 2001 11:19 pm
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Hi Hans! My shawm, of course it´s not "standard", is a copy of an original located in the Salamanca Cathedral made by J.P. Barreno in Segovia -in Spain too-...
Jose Javier TEJADA PO...
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Mar 7, 2001 9:43 am
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Hi Jose, I have a shawm made by John Hanchet after the same original in Salamanca, so I could give you the dimension of the reeds I use for it. However there ...
Hans Mons
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Mar 10, 2001 7:54 pm
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I didn't know Cottet makes bassanelli - I have a baroque bassoon of his, which I find very good (but I'm quite a beginner on bassoon). A picture would be very...
Andrea Kirkby
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Mar 13, 2001 9:43 pm
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Hi Andrea, The only pictures of bassanelli I have are the drawings in Praetorius Syntagma Musicum. When I am back home next week I will scan that page and put...
Hans Mons
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Mar 13, 2001 11:48 pm
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... On my dulcian page you can find a link where you can subscribe to the dulcian list, if you like. ... For an answer on that question you would need a real...
Hans Mons
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Mar 15, 2001 6:51 am
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Dear Hans, I read your comprehensive and fascinating reply below with great interest. Would you be happy for an edited version of it to appear on the Notes & ...
Gutteridge
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Mar 15, 2001 6:23 pm
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Greetings to the Dulcian Community, My name is Scott Cassada and I am a new subscriber to the Dulcian List. I am a bassoonist and baroque bassoonist living in...
Scott Cassada
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Mar 15, 2001 9:14 pm
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The following mailing just came in from the waits mailing list. Hans Mons ============================================================== The Waits Website -...
Hans Mons
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Mar 18, 2001 9:47 am
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... From: The Waits Website <mail@...> Subject: For Sale...
Tomas
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Mar 18, 2001 1:24 pm
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I inadvertently left an alto shawm off the list below. A Hanchett at £260. Chris Gutteridge ... From: Hans Mons <hans@...> To: Dulcian List...
Gutteridge
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Mar 18, 2001 4:28 pm
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Dear list, I am looking for easy pieces for bass dulcian and basso continuo. Has anybody suggestions or even scores? The scores on Hans' page by Selma are too...
meyn@...
Mar 23, 2001 12:05 pm
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Jan - I've used clear nail polish with great success - it's small and easy to use. Anyone else? Bob Skiba Philadelphia...
Bob Skiba
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Mar 23, 2001 4:36 pm
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... And nail polish is what I most of the time use. But I suppose this is a little bit too modern for Jan-Peter. As far as I know on the oldest surviving...
Hans Mons
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Mar 23, 2001 6:35 pm
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I have seen shellac used - I think it was applied dissolved in a little alchohol to make a thick paste, after application this can be heated (gently!) to...
mathdart@...
Mar 23, 2001 7:22 pm
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Dear all, As promised a few weeks ago I have scanned the pages on the Bassanelli from Syntagma Musicum. The result can be found on www.hansmons.com/bassanelli....
Hans Mons
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Mar 25, 2001 10:34 pm
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Dear all, As promised a few weeks ago I have scanned the pages on the Bassanelli from Syntagma Musicum. The result can be found on www.hansmons.com/bassanelli....
Hans Mons
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Mar 26, 2001 1:37 am
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Mathew, I have tried bee wax on the thread joint of my bocal in connection with thin linen thread and it worked reasonably well. But with cotton thread my ...
meyn@...
Mar 26, 2001 7:38 am
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Jan-Peter, I think cotton would be the worst thread. Have you tried linen (flax) or silk thread? Silk would be less absorbant and the linen would probably...
Sarah Cordish
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Mar 26, 2001 9:36 am
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Jan-Peter, ... Did you try linseed oil based paint? This type of paint already exists for many hundreds of years and still can be obtained in some specialty ...
