Hi to all, Â Yes I am planning on attending the conference. Looking forward to meeting up with all like-minded bassonistes. Lewis Dann. [Non-text portions of...
Hola buenas, I have just received a half dozen "basson" reeds designed and made by Jean- Claude Montac from PLC2 cane. They were sold by post by his son Amaury...
sounds interesting andy, our friend larry ibisch had an excellent experience visiting AJ, and i also had recent interesting correspondence with the montacs...
Dear all, I found this on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=250387361502 Is anyone interested in this...
My teacher from my college days, Otto Eifert (retired principal of the Cincinnati Symphony) just listed his French bassoon on e-Bay. He recently repadded the...
Hello All, I found a beautiful rosewood Cabart French Bassoon last year and had always wanted one but now that I have it I hardly have time to play my German...
... The two photos are very small and it is not easy to see clearly the condition of the wood and the keys. Perhaps Otto Eifert can add some super-sized...
Good to hear from you, Wai Kit. I'll send your suggestion to Otto. His instrument is exactly like the one I one (except that my horn doesn't have roller...
Good to hear from you, Wai Kit. I'll send your suggestion to Otto. His instrument is exactly like the one I one (except that my horn doesn't have roller...
Hi Charlie, Actually I meant the right thumb F (I mistyped F#) ... Gerald Corey mentioned that it was available on Buffet as an option but Allard didn't like...
Thanks for explaining the Creation key. I think someone gave me an explanation a few years back, but I had forgotten it. I think a thumb F key would be a good...
Thanks. It's my understanding that the Selmers have have a very different u-tube/boot cap configuration than BC, so it looks as though it's just the cap that's...
Hello all, I'm new to this group and wanted to pose a couple of questions to those here and am interested in any observations folks may have had. It seems that...
Hi David, Welcome to the club. As background, I'm an old guy (age 59), who majored in music at a conservatory (Cincinnati), left the field and stopped playing...
Hola buenas, for what it's worth: I'm a Finn now retired and living in Spain but with a working life in Finland, England and Denmark. And, of course, playing...
I suspect that European musicians are more knowledgeable about French vs. German bassoons than Americans. I've chatted with professional musicians, Buffet in...
welcome david and i have enjoyed your remarks, andy and charlie! i hope our member and my friend larry ibisch may chime in? larry has played buffet in amateur...
Welcome to the group, David. I'm retired from the U of Idaho, where I played with the Northwest Wind Quintet for 32 years. After a sabbatical year in Paris...
I have played my Buffet is various amateur orchestras and chamber groups for many years here in NYC. No problem as long as I am at the level of the other...
Welcome to the group. I have to say that I'm very surprised at the responses thus far to the question concerning the acceptance (or not) of le basson in...
Well, yes, but it depends on who is listening and for what are they listening. My oboist friend from my quintet claims (idle boasts?) to know which orchestra ...
Dear all, I was just browsing the updated schedule for this year's IDRS Conference, and didn't seem to find an entry for the North American French Bassoon...
dear wai kit and friends, yes, sorry to say a combination of factors made it impossible for some NAFBQ players to attend the conference after all. as i had...
Dear Chuck, It's a pity that the quartet cannot make it there this time. Looks like Ludovic Tissus will be our (French bassoon) sole representative at this...
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