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Re: Introduce yourself!

Author: lowreedguy
Date: 2010-07-24 02:26

Greetings All!!

I am new to this Board and am very impreseed by what I read. I thought it was time to join in.

My name is Orin Jacobs and I live in Miami, FL. I am a bassoonist by default of time spent on it (I, too, started in 7th grade), but I have also been doubling since HS when I learned Tenor Sax for Marching Band. Then I started playing musicals and was hooked!! But I did concentrate on bassoon for my education--Bachelor's and Master's. I played in upstate NY and NJ before moving here for my wife's job. Not a huge scene here for playing, but there is some good opportuniues that I have the good fortune to play.

My instrument for all these years (since I bought it in college) is a
Fox Renard 220 from the early '80's before the redesign of the Renards. So it's a short bore with a French bell. I had the chance to visit the factory and picked out a CVX bocal (crook) for it that matches quite well. Yes it is true---a good quality bocal makes all the difference!! I do make my own reeds and that is always an adventure.

I noticed that some people are looking for suggestions for instruments. I am a Fox supporter all the way. A series of theirs that is overlooked is the "Roman Numeral" batch--especially the model III. Yes it's made of plastic, but it is NOT injection-molded. It is drilled from solid blocks just like a wooden instrument. It was designed many years ago for pros that had outdoor jobs that did not want to take their wooden varnished instruments into the sun. Very good quality!! They turn up on the "E" site with some regularity. You can tell it apart from the student plastic ones because it has metal bands at the joints and a "Fox" stamp on the top boot ring. Most people list them fairly cheaply because they are plastic. Even if it needs repair work, it is a good investment.

I hope to contribute more to this and the doublers board. Thanks to the creator of these cool places for us to converse!!

Cheers
Orin Jacobs

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