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...
In response to 2 recent messages-- ... in the repertoire, but it is pretty cool that with an advanced embauchure you can quite reliably nail the 2nd full...
Hello, I am a relatively new member to this group, and while not a dulcian player, I am an active shawm player and professional baroque oboist. I have been in...
... A very good point. I remember some very nasty experiences with early (and in this context I mean 1970's) shawms and baroque oboes. I'd be interested to...
Dennis Cook
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Jun 25, 2003 10:30 pm
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Hello early reed folks-- Thank you all for this lively exchange. I am enjoying reading this chain as I play both shawm and dulcian. The subject of the...
There are some good discussions going now. I am certainly going to fiddle with flea-holes and cranking at least my d soprano & g alto shawms to 460, with home...
HI all, Any ideas as to whether it's easier to make a 440 instrument into a 460 or a 460 into a 440? I've only turned 440s into 460s with longer staples . . ....
And then perhaps also factor in the pitch of the original instrument upon youf current instrument was based, I've heard that some originals at 460 were then...
Hi all, For anyone interested, I believe that Madison is not as big as Amherst, but I've been told (hmmmm) that it is a bit more intimate and very good for ...
... Walter, Just realized that the Rieger nr 10 shaper can be used both for soprano dulcian and for alto dulcian reeds. Until this week I used the nr 10 only ...
I do think that this group need a bit more speed. Let's hope that activity will rise in the furure. A bit off topic, maybe, but I'm planning to make a couple...
Dear all, I am making up a full score for Hosianna dem Sohne David from Opella Nova II by Johann Hermann Schein. This intriguing work is scored for 2 sopranos,...
