Wednesday, February 19, 2014

This is my bassoon

Taken by a photography friend of mine after rehearsal last night. Very arty, I think. Still, you can see some of the odd keywork choices.

4 comments:

  1. What kind of bassoon is that?

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  2. How do you get on with the C sharp/A rollers? Worth having?

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  3. The tenor joint rollers are between C# and the whisper key. It's kind of a confusing pic, as my horn has another key below the whisper key, which is for the ratcheting whisper lock. There's no roller on the A. The C#/whisper rollers are good, I like them. Some people go crazy with rollers, but that spreads the keys out, since the rollers need room. My right thumb cluster uses single sided rollers: a roller on the Bb and F#, but none on the E. The ratcheting whisper lock I wouldn't recommend. It's noisy, can go out of adjustment, and needs to be depressed quite far, which detracts from the supposed ease and speed advantage. But it does work.

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  4. I see low c#-d# trill key beside low C key
    I'm guessing that it's FOX bassoon.

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