Thanks to everybody for their advice on oiling. I have another question now, to do with the way to hold a bass dulcian. I have to be self-taught, and so far...
Mr. Jones; Bassoon seat strap (available at any modern double reed store - make sure it does fit your dulcian) is the best bet. Tom Axworthy Southern...
Hi Langdon, This is a repeat of some info I posted in response to a similar question a few months ago--hope it helps. What I use to hold up the dulcian is a...
Peggy Murray
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Mar 9, 2003 8:34 am
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Peggy and Tom, Many thanks for the information. I found Peggy's posting a little daunting (you are talking to someone here who finds assembling a recorder a...
Hello, I have a question for you all ... Does anyone have a 460 Bass Dulcian? Who's the maker...is it as stable as all the 440 copies? Or, if you don't have...
Doug, Martin Praetorius in Beedenbostel/Germany (check out Hans' adress for phone and email) makes great bass dulcians in 466Hz after the one in Berlin. I own...
Hello Dulcianaires, In regard to Langdon's query on how to hold up a bass dulcian: The bassoon seat strap is great if you will always be seated while playing (...
Sharon Holmes
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Mar 12, 2003 11:15 pm
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Myself (maybe because I'm also a sax player) when I bought my used Cronin bass curtal I went straight to Lyn Elder to have him mount a hook on it. I've never...
I hate to expose my ignorance, but although I know the higher pitch is excellent for cornetti, I'm now seeing references to both 460Hz *and* 466Hz, and am a...
Dennis Cook
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Mar 16, 2003 12:58 pm
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Dennis, the "normal" high pitch is 466Hz, which is exacly a minor second (equally tempered) above 440Hz, so it is just the opposite direction as with the late...
I will find myself living in Toronto come July, and was wondering if anyone is familiar with the early music scene there. I'm a rather new dulcian player...
Dear all, I'm looking for a bass dulcian (A=440). If you know to someone that want to sell a dulcian, would thank you that you communicated it me. Thank you...
Hi Hans, Today, I discovered the Fontana sonatas on the dulcian pages. Great. I'm printing them now. Thanks for the effort. Who is editing the fac similes?...
Hi Walter, You are quick, I have just put these Fontana sonatas on my web site. :-) ... It's Italian music, so, yes, a good guess, it's SPES. Archivum Musicum...
HI Walter, If you decide on a good shape, just go down to your local hardware store and get some sheet brass--the heaviest you can find. Draw your shape and...
Hello, everyone -- It's been a while since I've posted ... hope you all are doing well as we move toward summer! I've come to the sad realization that I simply...
I concur that it is quite easy to make your own shape inexpensively with hardware store supplies - I used 3/4" x 3/16" steel strip to make a shape for my...
HI all, I was experimenting with treble shawm staples last night and drilled a TINY hole (1/64") into it, right below where the reed butt ends, and had some...
Hi Doug, All my Hanchet made shawms have this tiny little hole in the staple. And yes, both my alto and soprano shawm have these easy high notes. These ...
John Hanchett does provide his shawms with these tiny holes in the staples as standard. I have two shawm players in the King's Lynn Waites, one of whom needs...
Gutteridge
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Jun 18, 2003 9:10 pm
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The need for little holes in the staple (or crook or bocal), or lack thereof seems to have some relationship to how cleanly the bore is drilled. Cronin shawms...
460 bass instruments especially are nice because they are so light in the hands; may get round some of the problems of holding them and explain why there is no...
I categorize dulzian tunes into those that need thumbs freed from the need to support the instrument and those that don't, depending on their degree of...
The Schermer schalmei's are very good indeed and are only in D, being a close to direct copy of a museum instrument (I think Brussels). Scaling schalmei's to C...
Hi William, ... Who is making these Schermer schalmei's??? I haven' t got a schalmei in D yet (only an alto in G made by Jacques Leguy - France) and I haven't...
They are made (predictably enough) by Bernard Schermer in Stafa, Switzerland. He also makes baroque oboes. I think he is still in business. regards William ......
Some questions came up about the Schermer shawms. They are the best instruments I have ever played and do suggest anyone consider them. My collection of...
Some questions came up about the Schermer shawms. They are the best instruments I have ever played and do suggest anyone consider them. My collection of...
