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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000006.txt from 1969/12

From: Robert Losinno <roblos@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: [Dull bassoons
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500

I have to agree. The 240 is a very good bassoon for the price.

Robert Losinno

-----Original Message-----
>From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
>Sent: Jun 24, 2007 2:57 PM
>To: "doublereed@-----.org>
>Subject: Re: [DR-L] Re: [Dull bassoons
>
>Don,
>I haven't found a bad 240 yet. Some are especially good/ all are good. (so
>far) Garfield is OK with his.
>Herb
>
>
>On 6/24/07 5:05 AM, "Donald MacCourt" <maccourt@-----.net> wrote:
>
>> My daughter has a 240 that is so good I have taken it in and played it at
>> performances of the NYC Ballet.
>> Don MacCourt
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "herb fawcett" <herbgosia@-----.net>
>> To: <doublereed@-----.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 5:35 PM
>> Subject: [DR-L] Re: [Dull bassoons
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/23/07 5:46 AM, "William Safford" <williamsafford@-----.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> But you do have me wondering: why on earth was that 201's bore so
>>>> clogged??? Had the previous owner never swabbed it?
>>>
>>>
>>> The instrument was brand new ex-factory. The constriction seems to have
>>> resulted from some procedure involving the ferrule and receiver.
>>> Everything
>>> was ducky after a careful reaming, which BTW, was also extended into
>>> correcting other aspects of the wing bore because of a "wiry" sound like
>>> polyphonics in the tenor register. My taste for Fox instruments was so
>>> corrupted by the five I have owned that I have continued to play on the
>>> old
>>> Heckel and I am looking for a cheap late-model 240 as a spare. Damn nice
>>> ersatz bassoon and used to be cheap!
>>>
>>> Herb
>>>
>>>
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