The clarinets on the cover look like Boehm system clarinets, except that there's no ring for RH3. Has anyone ever seen a Boehm clarinet with rings for only...
Dear all, a few days ago I visited the workshop of Guntram Wolf at Kronach (norther Bavaria), who makes all kinds of modern and historical bassoons (see...
Howdy, Sheesh... It's taken me 17 months to get around to trying 'stuff from the 2006 harvest: http://home.pacbell.net/wa2msu/2006_blanks.JPG - alas, they...
This period-instrument orchestra uses century-old Buffet bassoons. I went to a concert of theirs last week and also have a CD. They are not bad at all! The...
Hi everyone, I've noticed this Selmer basson on eBay. It does not seem to be one of the current models, which have a C# for the left thumb placed below the...
Sorry, I forgot to include the link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&sspagename=STRK %3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=120135496108&rd=1&rd=1 ...
Dear John, I saw it too, but my bassoon budget has been exceeded! On my Mahillon I had an extra touch fitted just above the normal one, and activated by the...
Hello, I have a few more interesting links first a boogaertson French Ebay, http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160133379617 Them a french...
Howdy all, Last day for the first one. The buffet website says it's a "35 L" made: 04/05/1983... http://www.buffet-crampon.com/en/instruments.php Good Luck. ...
with simple low b/b-flat set-up, and super case. http://cgi.ebay.fr/Basson-Boosey- Hawkes_W0QQitemZ200128115842QQihZ010QQcategoryZ104538QQssPageNameZWDVWQQ ...
Hello group, I was wondering if anyone has advise for buying a basson? If it is not possible to try an instrument, what questions to ask and what prices would...
Hola buenas, My advice is to NOT buy - a non-French "bassoon", for instance a Maino & Orsi or a Hawkes, - a Selmer prior to 1981 (serial number 4200) - an...
hi andy and steve, andy's advice is excellent. as a professional who plays a fox 660 and a buffet RC from 1981, i can relate to your requirement of a fine...
Does any one out there know the year for the various serial numbers from the the turn of the 20th century up to the present time plus what the various letters...
Hola buenas, Maarten Vonk's new book, A Bundle of Joy, see www.fagot.nl, has the serial numbers of nearly all the manufacturers of fagotts and bassons. That...
I recently sold a restored bassoon to Jean Claude Montac in France. His son, Amaury Montac, is a "luthier" and has a very intereating web site which is...