Doublereed Archive - Posting 000075.txt from 2003/11

From: "William R. Brohinsky" <onlyocelot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] bassoons without octave key
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 15:31:25 -0500

William R. Brohinsky wrote:

>
> The Paris Conservatoir has two bassoons in it which are mentioned by
> Langwill, a five-key and a six-key. Modern bassoons sport keying
> systems distributed around 25. Porthaux's bassoons range from five to
> seven keys.

and I should have writ:

The Paris Conservatoir has two Prudent bassoons in it which are
mentioned by Langwill, a five-key and a six-key. Porthaux' bassoons in
the Conservatoir and elsewhere range from five to seven keys. Modern
bassoons, for comparison, sport keying systems distributed around '25'.
[The bassoon I learned on in High School had 25, if I remember rightly,
under the left thumb were C/D/B/Bb, and (bottom to top on the right) c#,
the two keys for high a, and the one key that let high c speak. I
believe that the school got, just after I left, another bassoon with two
more keys for d and e. ]