Hi, I live in Poland and I'd like to buy a shawm. I heard that there are some early instrument makers in Prague. If know any of them, let me know, please. ...
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Hi everyone- I don't currently have a dulcian or baroque bassoon, but I played dulcian many years ago at university, and Heckel bassoon even longer ago than...
... If you buy a dulcian try to get one at Chor-ton a' = 466 Hz - this is the correct pitch for most 17th century (and 16th century) music which would include...
... Although it is correct that the originals all are high pitch instruments with most of them probably around 460 and some even above 480, for a first dulcian...
This weekend I visited the London instrument fair to get my new bass shawm. Besides this beautiful new instrument, my biggest surprise was that I found there...
By way of illustration, I also play Baroque flute. Since I like French music, at one point I got a Rod Cameron 3-joint flute at a=392 or so. It's a fantastic...
Dear all, I just posted an ad for a used bass shawm for the incredible low price of 3400 Euro, see www.dulcians.org/classified.htm. If you like to know how ...
Hello, Hans. Would it be OK to post your email below on the Waits Website Notes & Queries page? I am sure it would be of great interest to Waits. Best wishes, ...
Gutteridge
chris@...
Nov 9, 2002 9:53 am
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Hi all, I just bought a new CD of Piffaro "Music of the Odhecaton" (on the Dorian label). As usual, Piffaro plays on various Renaissance wind instruments...
La Compañia: Vivien Hamilton, soprano Christine Baker, percussion Glenn Bardwell, sackbut Bob Collins, sackbut Mitchell Cross, shawm and dulcian Rosemary...
Hi all, I wanted to ask for some advice on dulcian fingering. I have a tenor dulcian (made by Eric Moulder) and I have a problem with eb. Usually, I take 1 2...
Hi Walter, You didn't mention if you were talking about the first (lowest) or second eb on the tenor. On my tenor the second eb works with 123 45-7 ---, this ...
Hans and Walter, et al., my both Praetorius basses works fine for Ab and ab with 12345----10 (and both A and a are just great and clear with 12345--8--)....
This is from the peanut gallery. I have an alto with an equally insubordinate Ab - G#. When I don't have time for 123 45/-, or it's just not working, I play A...
Hi Jan-Peter The fingering for Fis on my (Moulder)bass: The first (lowest) Fis: 1 2 3 4 5 6 - 8 The second : 1 2 3 4 5 6 - 8 - 10 second best fingering: 2 3 4...
Hi Walter, thank you for sending your fingerings: I use 1 2 3 4 5 6 - 8 - 10 for Fis and fis, and I have to drop them really carefully to become a pure third...
The price of new bass shawms is frightening. I got a Koerber bass for 400 uk pounds in 1983 when the Early Music Shop was having one of its big clearances. It...
Hello, all -- I'm a new member (having lurked for a few weeks), and wanted to introduce myself and ask a question. My name is Liam Graham, and I play...
Hi Liam, Welcome to the wonderful world of dulcians. To play with recorders you either need quite a lot of technique so that you can play very softly, or you...
Liam, the handkerchief works. I did it once to play together with my son at the clavichord. But it tends to been blown out of the tube, so you have to fix it ...
Jan-Peter, Many thanks for the information. I'm currently awaiting arrival of my curtal, which will in part be used to play with recorders, so your advice was...
Hello Liam, I use several alternatives when I need to play more quietly with singers or recorders. One is the wooden cap that Hans described, with or without...
Peggy Murray
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Dec 20, 2002 11:27 pm
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Thanks for the replies, everyone! I appreciate the advice and encouragement. Can't wait to get the instrument ... Thanks again, and Happy Holidays. Regards, ...
Well, my bass curtal was shipped from England to the US last Monday, and should arrive any day now. I can't wait! I also have a question: in the future I...
