http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/ A list to discuss renaissance reed instruments, in particular Curtals/Dulcians. Fri, 16 May 2008 12:36:23 GMT theplaidjester http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/825 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/825 What is a reasonable value for a Graham and Maggie Lyndon Jones Bass Dulcian (from about 1992)? Likewise, what is a good price for a used Baroque Bassoon from Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:52:46 GMT dominicteresi http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/824 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/824 Hi Walter, Book II is published in facsimile by SPES. Fagotto is specified for only two of the sonatas in book II and not at all in book one. The parts are a Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:32:03 GMT Walter Bosmans http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/823 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/823 Dear Dominic, Thank you for letting us know. I've ordered the CD immediately. I'm interested in this Prothimia collection. Is it available in a fac simile Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:01:24 GMT dominicteresi http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/822 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/822 Dear Friends, I wanted to let you all know about a new CD release that will be of interest to dulcian players as well as all fans of 17th-century music. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:22:55 GMT wpadams12000 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/821 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/821 A good resource to get is the David Hogan Smith book on reed design. It has a pocket guide to shawm playing. It also highlights that Hanchet shawms are (were?) Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:15:42 GMT Tom Axworthy http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/820 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/820 Shawms are LOUD! When I need a soft shawm (for recording sessions or to accompany choirs), I use the old model Meock shawms. Hogan Smith, Lorraine and Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:56:32 GMT bighatlady http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/819 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/819 -Thanks everyone - okay- last question: If I got a Hanchett alto shawm, would it be reasonable to assume that I could send it to one of the reed makers Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:59:16 GMT Tom Axworthy http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/818 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/818 Hi, David Hogan Smith (in San Fransicso) does a great job with reeds. You would need to talk to him, of course, before sending him the instruments. Keith Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:24:58 GMT bighatlady http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/817 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/817 Thanks again for everyone's input. I'm so glad I found this list! You have really been a wealth of information. I do know Collier and Cronin - I met them Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:11:58 GMT Jeffrey Quick http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/816 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/816 ... My understanding is that Randall Cook had taken over the Schermer shop but that now it's Paul Hailperin's. Debra Nagy got a PH D soprano @460 and raves Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:06:07 GMT Tom Axworthy http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/815 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/815 Hi, As a member of th Dulcian List, I thought perhaps I should toss a few ideas into the pot. As director of the Southern California early Music Consort, I Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:12:16 GMT bighatlady http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/814 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/814 Thanks for everyone's advice - to answer some of the questions. We play mostly medieval so the third interval isn't really working - which is mostly what you Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:53:46 GMT Jeffrey Quick http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/813 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/813 ... The regular run, or the Spanish model? I own the G Spanish; I haven't had experience with the regular Hanchet shawm, so none of this should be construed as Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:06:41 GMT Hans Mons http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/812 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/812 Hi Jocelyn, ... Yes, have one. ... That depends on the reed and the player. But in general I would say you need a soprano shawm with a rather loud setup to Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:51:06 GMT bighatlady http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/811 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Dulcian-List/message/811 hello, I am looking into buying a John Hanchett shawm - specifically the alto G. I'm trying to ask the maker some specific questions about his instruments but