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Author: Leif LeBaron
Date: 2000-07-31 06:20
I'd like to acquire a used French bassoon, probably a Buffet. I would be pleased for any advice or suggestions.
Thanks,
Leif
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2000-07-31 17:29
I'd suggest searching and looking on EBAY under "bassoon" to see what is offered there. I dont know of a bassoon [or double reed] info-exchange site like this great one, but search Yahoo for such. To my limited knowledge, modern bassoons are of the German "type", not the old French smaller version. Luck, Don
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2000-07-31 17:47
Leif LeBaron wrote:
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I'd like to acquire a used French bassoon, probably a Buffet. I would be pleased for any advice or suggestions.
Thanks,
Leif
Leif -
I can't think of anyone in the U.S. who plays a French bassoon. Everyone plays the German instrument, usually the Heckel. The French play their own system (usually Buffet), which has a different fingering system and a completely different tone. There is, or at least used to be, a group of French instrument players in England, but even there it's mostly the German instrument these days. I don't think you could find a job outside of France using a French instrument.
The guru of the French instrument (and, I think, the finest bassoonist in the world) is Maurice Allard.
If you want a French bassoon, you really have to shop in France.
A couple of bassoon sites on the Web are <A HFEF=http://idrs.colorado.edu/>the International Double Reed Society<A> and <A HREF=http://www.charlesmusic.com/>Charles Double Reed Music Co.<A>, both of which have links to numerous other sites.
Good luck.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2000-07-31 17:49
Sorry - Here's a corrected link.
Ken Shaw wrote:
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Leif LeBaron wrote:
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I'd like to acquire a used French bassoon, probably a Buffet. I would be pleased for any advice or suggestions.
Thanks,
Leif
Leif -
I can't think of anyone in the U.S. who plays a French bassoon. Everyone plays the German instrument, usually the Heckel. The French play their own system (usually Buffet), which has a different fingering system and a completely different tone. There is, or at least used to be, a group of French instrument players in England, but even there it's mostly the German instrument these days. I don't think you could find a job outside of France using a French instrument.
The guru of the French instrument (and, I think, the finest bassoonist in the world) is Maurice Allard.
If you want a French bassoon, you really have to shop in France.
A couple of bassoon sites on the Web are <A HREF=http://idrs.colorado.edu/>the International Double Reed Society<A> and <A HREF=http://www.charlesmusic.com/>Charles Double Reed Music Co.<A>, both of which have links to numerous other sites.
Good luck.
Ken Shaw
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Author: javier garcia
Date: 2000-08-01 08:34
According to Ken, the only place in the world where French Basson is played, is France.
Buffet and Selmer (Paris) make these instruments. The prices are very high (new ones), aroun 8.500.
To join buffet:
Buffet Crampon,
5 rue Maurice Berteaux
78711 Mantes-la-Ville, FRANCE
phone: 33-1-30985130
fax: 33-1-34787902
e-mail: buffetcrampon@boosey.com
To join Selmer Paris:
18 rue de la Fontaine au Roi,
75011, Paris, FRANCE
phone: 33-1-49238740
fax: 33-1-43572495
maybe they know about used instruments
good luck
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Author: RJ
Date: 2000-08-02 00:58
I believe Buffet is the only mfr. currently making French system bassoons.
The French bassoon was pretty common in the U.S.A. until the 1920's or '30s, when the Heckel system took over, so there are still some vintage instruments around. You'll see one pop up on Ebay every couple of months, keep an eye open.
RJ
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