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Bassoon Makers

A list of Bassoon Makers all around the World.

A list of Bassoon Makers in alphabetical order. Any of them don't have a website, but they exist :)

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Désiré-Hippolyte Dihau

Bassoonist from Edgar Degas "L'orchestre de l'Opéra" (1870), Toulouse-Lautrec 's friend, the most famous bassoonist ever...

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I am proud of talk about this great bassoonist and person Steve Harriswangler, Principal Bassoon on the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia in Spain since 1991. He studied in Juilliard, New York City with Stephen Maxim. He has reached where nobody did before in Bassoon. High pitches that is sharing with all of us. I have played with him in Galicia and I have tosay that he a great person, always helping you if required, and playing with a very nice energy.

Thanks Steve!!

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Mozart Bassoon Concert, versions

Get inspired from all these bassoonist that have recorded the Mozart Bassoon Concert

Are you preparing an Audition and do you need some inspiration?

We have put together all these versions of this amazing pice of Music.

Please, feel free to send us any version you have.

∆ Knut Sonstevold, Swedish Radio Orchestra

∆ Alberto Lizzio, Mozart Festival Orchestra

∆ Joze Banic

∆ Sergio Azzolini

∆ Fagotista por confirmar, NBC Toscanini

∆ Alexander Gaur, Yuri Nekhludov, USSR State Radio

∆ Maurice Allard. Mozarteum Salzburgo

∆ Steven Mead

Slawomir Michalsky, Budnik Chamber Orchestra

∆ Gwydion Brooke, Royal Philarmonic, Sir Thomas Beecham.

∆ Holfman Sentrich, Prague Classical

∆ Kim Walker, London Mozart Players

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The Life Cycle of a Reed

As the reed is played upon, the sweet taste gradually diminishes, and the reed becomes gradually less hydrophilic, until some stable point is reached.

by James Kopp

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Water Absorption of Arundo Donax

Scientists have explained that this soaking (or hydration, as they prefer to call it) has important effects on the vibrational characteristics

by James Kopp

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The Growing of Arundo Donax

“Male” cane starts growing in the spring – it is hard, nonporous, and is the best cane for reed making. The “female” cane starts to grow later, in July – it is soft and porous, thus it is inferior to the “male” cane.

By James B. Kopp

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The Anatomy of Arundo Donax

The good reed had vascular bundles with a higher proportion of fiber and lower proportions of xylem and phloem

by James Kopp

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Reed Adjusting I

You can spend minimum time with maximum results when adjusting your reeds.

by Christian Davidsson

hen, of course, you have to know where to scrape or adjust etc. But the most important thing is that you have a methodical approach so that you have an overview while paying attention to what you are doing, thereby learning from your mistakes and developing your knowledge and your skills in order to have the reeds the way you want them.

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Bassoon parts

Reed, bocal or crook, tenor joint, boot joint (or double joint, bass joint (or long joint) and bell jont.

These are the Bassoon parts: Reed, bocal or crook, tenor joint, boot joint (or double joint, bass joint (or long joint) and bell jont. See the picture:

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Bassoon Makers

Désiré-Hippolyte Dihau

Steve Harriswangler

Mozart Bassoon Concert, versions

The Life Cycle of a Reed

Water Absorption of Arundo Donax

The Growing of Arundo Donax

The Anatomy of Arundo Donax

Reed Adjusting I

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