Do any of you have information on some hard rubber bassoons made by Buffet? I am restoring one. It has the serial number 262 but with no R either before or...
I think it's Masahito Tanaka. ... You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. [Non-text portions of this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkQ_pEd8XKw&feature=related I wish I knew who was in the bassoon section. The camera operators seem to be terrified of them....
hi allen and friends, i have not managed to watch all yet. there is no question that the player has a selmer bassoon and so i imagine it is phillipe hanon. the...
Dear all, Speaking of Philippe Hanon, I will be lucky enough to meet him when he is in Boston. I guess I better practise my basson again (it has been almost a...
thanks for the update on julien, the young star of the basson. i am going to try to meet with hanon in philly if schedules permit. -chuck ... From: Wai Kit...
We know that le basson can work in the same section as das Fagott, and that the result can actually be very beautiful, so I was wondering: Do any of you play...
Sherman would have gotten to enjoy a lot more skiing, and Alan Fox a lot more sailing... -G. ... From: "Allen R. Hall" <tyrelroo@...> Sent: Saturday,...
(Well, all joking aside, enough can't be said for Jerry Correy's excellent article: https://www.idrs.org/Publications/Journal/JNL1/frenchbsn.html Lew Lipnick...
Hello Guy (et al) Many thanks for mentioning my article on playing the French system bassoon as well as the German system bassoon in N. American orchestras. I...
I'm wondering what the correct note is at the end of measure 23 in Dutilleux's Sarabande et Cortège. The third beat of the measure appears to be a whole-tone...
Hello Charles, (et al) I always have used the Ab at the end of measure 23 (it is not a whole tone scale part all the way from the lowest note G2) it sounds...
dear allen, as you might already know, i play both systems professionally and have written about it in the double reed. currently i use the buffet for most...
Thanks, Gerald. We can always count on you for a quick, detailed reply. Much appreciated! I personally like the A-flat at the end of the measure, although as...
Hello Charles (et al) I prefer the spelling of the Ab (not the G#) because of Dutilleux's progression of phrases towards his climax note at the start of line 6...
Dear all, I met Philippe Hanon and his son this morning in Boston. We tried each other's bassoon (he plays on a Selmer prototype of a proposed new model). I...
Friends of the French Bassoon, I've added: Jean-Pierre Rampal/ Paul Hongne Beethoven Trio L. Lefevre Poulenc Sextet Alfred Brendel Beethoven Op. 16 Quintet...
... Hi Allen, When I came back from my European studies in the early '70's, I decided to audition in NYC for a Mexican symphony orchestra. It didn't go ...
Any chance you might also be willing to share the ondes Martenot concerto? ;) - Allen ... Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile....
Hello Allen, Requests aren't a problem. The recording with Arthur Weisberg conducting "Ecuatorial" (with 2 ondes Martenot) is still one I would take to a...
Thanks for all of the replies. It's my intention to switch to le basson sometime this year (depending on when my Fagott sells), and although I currently have...
Sometime this year I'm going to be in the market for a French bassoon, and I'll need reeds, as well. Does anybody have any suggestions? I'm pretty sure Luc...
... Allen, you might want to try Neuranter in Paris (I think they use P. Hanon's reeds). I'm not sure, but I think Larry Ibisch also sells reeds. Good luck! ...
For what it's worth, a personal note: I play on Neuranter reeds (the Hanon model) with a length of 60 mm when using my overtone-rich three dot gold-brass bocal...
Gentlemen, The best reeds I have ever played upon are made by one of our own members, Lewis Dann in the UK. I gave up on Glotin/Neuranter reeds long ago....
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