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Re: French bassoons

Author: Chris P
Date: 2006-10-17 15:43

I just bought this one off the famous auction site:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&item=120039309803&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

Looks to be in relatively good nick from the photos, but I'm not sure if the tenor joint on these is lined with ebonite (it has a nickel silver crook socket - ebonite lined joints have an ebonite socket which is in the top part of the liner) - some are and some aren't, I reckon this one is unlined, but I'll have to wait and see when I get it next week. Not a problem if it is unlined as being rosewood it should be easier to look after than unlined maple, and a good oiling should make it safe enough to use.

I saw one recently that had split all the way through, and after pinning it was playable. But that's a risk we all have to take with older instruments.

The Selmer one I bought a while back is probably only good for parts as the tenor joint was badly crushed but the ebonite lining was surprisingly still in one piece. I was disappointed to find it was in stained maple rather than rosewood after I got it, but I didn't pay a huge amount for it, and it does play at a push.

A colleague at Howarth has a lovely old rosewood Selmer with silver plated keys, and has owned a few Buffets as well, so I do have someone to go to if things aren't as I hope. He wants to turn my old knackered Selmer into a Baroque-ish bassoon - I might have use for the keys he plans to remove - my ancient Selmer basset horn needs low D and C thumb keys added, and the high A and C key touches are just the right shape for the job!

Martin, do you have or know a good source for French-style bassoon reeds? Or will good quality Baroque reeds work on French bassoons? I'm in West Sussex, not in the US as my ISP says.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

Post Edited (2006-10-17 15:47)

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