Hi, Andrew. You briefly talked about the challenges of playing the bassoon in a basso continuo setting. Do you have a video that delves deeper into said challenges? Failing that, could you consider making a video? That would be so cool. (-:
Great video Andrew! I just started on baroque bassoon on a Prudent by Peter de Koningh and it sounds a lot like your Eichentopf. Thanks and keep up the great work!
Sound advice, Andrew. I, too, have a de Koningh Eichentopf, bought second-hand. It was a bastard to play until I took it to meet its maker (not something I want to do myself anytime soon). Peter re-reamed the bore, which made all the difference - reducing resistance and sorting out a lot of the intonation. This is a necessary action that had been neglected by the previous owner. And, like you, it also took over a year to settle on reeds. The combination, especially before re-reaming, nearly provoked an expensive winter log fire! Now, we no longer fight each other and I love playing it. But I would be interested in your reed dimensions as I am still experimenting.
@@burnbassoon On bassoons, when i played modern one, that was all the time extreamily nice to have different length bocals and propably by different makers also, as you know i think...
zamppa63 yes, this is very beneficial for the modern instrument. Sadly there is no standard size or dimension with baroque instruments, so it’s not as easy to pair a bocal from one maker to another as it is with the modern bassoon
@@burnbassoon But still, like Savary and others that could be possibility to offer few differently measured bocals there as a starting point, but yes...
Hi, Andrew. You briefly talked about the challenges of playing the bassoon in a basso continuo setting. Do you have a video that delves deeper into said challenges? Failing that, could you consider making a video? That would be so cool. (-:
Fantastic advice and many ood points to take note. BTW, your reeds are fantastic too!
Thanks!
Had to get some ideas about baroque bassoon to arrange some pieces and I discovered your video. It's super helpful and even so fun. Thank you so much!
Glad I could help!
Great video Andrew! I just started on baroque bassoon on a Prudent by Peter de Koningh and it sounds a lot like your Eichentopf. Thanks and keep up the great work!
Lucky you, Arjun! Enjoy it!
Sound advice, Andrew. I, too, have a de Koningh Eichentopf, bought second-hand. It was a bastard to play until I took it to meet its maker (not something I want to do myself anytime soon). Peter re-reamed the bore, which made all the difference - reducing resistance and sorting out a lot of the intonation. This is a necessary action that had been neglected by the previous owner. And, like you, it also took over a year to settle on reeds. The combination, especially before re-reaming, nearly provoked an expensive winter log fire! Now, we no longer fight each other and I love playing it. But I would be interested in your reed dimensions as I am still experimenting.
Sorry to hear you had so much trouble in the beginning. I offer reeds and GSP cane for the instrument via bassoons.ch, so you try exactly what I use.
Love your bassoon videos, thanks for making them!
Thank you!
So, at least three different length bocals there?
zamppa63 hi there, I only have one bocal for my baroque bassoon.
@@burnbassoon On bassoons, when i played modern one, that was all the time extreamily nice to have different length bocals and propably by different makers also, as you know i think...
zamppa63 yes, this is very beneficial for the modern instrument. Sadly there is no standard size or dimension with baroque instruments, so it’s not as easy to pair a bocal from one maker to another as it is with the modern bassoon
@@burnbassoon But still, like Savary and others that could be possibility to offer few differently measured bocals there as a starting point, but yes...