Dear All, We would like to invite you to the concert: "Don Quijote, un héroe en romances/Don Quixote, A Hero in Ballads the romances". thank you, Juan Carlos...
Hello there! I've been interested in Renaissance double reeds for about a year now, and it's high time I started seeking out some commmunity. This list looks...
Hi Nathan Roy, Welcome to the dulcian-list. ... Quite an impressive collection of instruments you have! ... Basically correct, although for me it is more a...
Nathan: Hans gives some good advice. I got to play with him last summer, and can attest that he gets good results. I've been in a similar situation, and this...
... Why does Dan Stillman call covered fingerings "bassoon voodoo"? It has nothing to do with Bassoon technique and is much more of a bagpipe/shawm necessity...
... I haven't the faintest; you'd have to ask him. Not being a bassoonist (and not much of a basson/fagott/curtal-ist), I can't speak to the first part of the...
Hello again... Thanks for the replies. I've purchased the reed-making book, and should probably take another shot at Moeck's "How to Play the Shawm, Dulcian...
... Not a bad idea. Most university collegia are open to the idea of community participation. The problem is that they often meet at non-real-world hours. But...
Hi Nathan, Is Doug Milliken in Florida now (I believe)? If so, he'd probably be your closest chance for instruction. Other folks who play professionally are...
Peggy Murray
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Hi Nathan: Unquestionably your first step should be a series of lessons with a sympathetic bassoonist, preferably one with experience on historical...
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Nathan, I was just referring to people who play Renaissance reeds in professional groups with a national/international reputation. (There's a BIG difference ...
Peggy Murray
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... It would probably make more sense for me to join a recorder group playing rackett, sordune or kortholt. The narrow cylindrical bores of these insctuments...
Nathan, ... No, and you shouldn't bite it at all. Sometimes if the bottom of your reed is too big, or even irregular, it can come off easily. If it's leaking...
Peggy Murray
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... What brand is it? And how open is the reed? I've never had trouble getting sound out of a shawm. But it does take a good bit of air pressure. ... Sounds...
... Actually, Douglas Kirk plays both cornetto and reeds, Herb Myers and David Hogan Smith also do, and I know some amateur players who do, but most find that...
Peggy Murray
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... I didn't know that; thanks. ... LOL! Singers accompany shawms, not the other way around. Though it seems such things happened in Spain; I wonder how they...
... So we know that singers and shawms played/sang together in cathedrals in Spain, right? Cool..but everyone says "how did they do it?" I think that this is...
... According to Douglas Kirk, shawms and singers didn't perform together, but singers could have been paired with cornetti & dulcians. But it's fun to do ...
Peggy Murray
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Jeffrey Quick wrote: (concerning my problems with the shawm...) ... It's a Hanchet Renaissance alto, but I bought it used. Don't know much about how open the...
on 11/21/05 7:24 AM, Doug Milliken at fsubear73@... wrote: And, the sound of men and ... I bet that does sound great--I usually love anything that...
Peggy Murray
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... Should be fine unless it was abused, which should be obvious. I have the Hanchet Spanish alto, which unlike the regular line has some definite design...
Hi Nathan, My experience with Hanchett Altos is that they're quite stuffy and the reeds can easily be made too soft...however, Joan Kimball (Piffaro) has...
... Right on, Jeffrey! One of my musicianship teachers (a jazz trumpet player) once said that all your life/career, you always should be trying to improve ...
Peggy Murray
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Hi, We are thinking of selling a bass curtal made by Graham Lyndon-Jones in 1985. I found this group while searching the net to try and find what the...
Hi Rob, Welcome to the dulcian-list. My guess for a 20 year old "Standard" Lyndon-Jones bass in good condition would be a price somewhere in the range of US$...
Hello again, everyone... Well, I finally received my copy of that "Reed Design for Early Woodwinds" book, and a quick look through it has left me feeling...
Yes, double reeds are not low-maintenance instruments--this is why you need to work with a teacher!...
Peggy Murray
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... Yep. Coupla things: 1. At this stage, pay attention just to what he says about face and lung adjustment. Save the rest for later. 2. Don't feel you have to...
What is the main difference between early and late curtals(like Denner-model)? Wasn´t there such a variation (larger and narrower bores) already at earlier...
Hi, ... I think it is a bit dangerous to generalize "late" curtals. For me the main difference between a Denner dulcian and the ones from other makers is the...
