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Wolf Bocals

mortwein@... — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:45:39 GMT

Hi Hank, How's your summer going? Are you going to IDRS? I can't make it this year. I'm interested in trying the Wolf Bocals. Does he make different bore

Oliver Sachs and the Brain and music

ContraReed@... — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:40:17 GMT

Several of my friends have emailed to tell me how fantastic this show was. It is available for free for one week here. Oliver Sacks explores how the power of

Re: Oval pads

tootlepipes — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:23:35 GMT

French bassoons (e. g. Buffet-Crampon) have oval whisper-key pads. ... some models. Schreiber mostly. ... water ski jumps. We opted for canning wax. ...

Re: Oval pads

slawomir krysmalski — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:36:01 GMT

Also, oval whisper-key pads are seen on R.Walter and Heckel bassoons. Suawomir Krysmalski, BSO.

Oval pads

Jonathan Ranney — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:46:23 GMT

The only Oval pads commercially available are for the whisper key on some models. Schreiber mostly. Jon Vso ... From: charles gragg

Re: Carnauba Creme for pads(?)

charles gragg — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:59:58 GMT

One comment and one question 1. The first time I saw the word "carnauba" it was a wax used for water ski jumps. We opted for canning wax. 2. Are there any

Re: Carnauba Creme for pads(?)

da_hah — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:52:55 GMT

... See, we knew Chip would chime in with a good discussion on pads! I thought another reason for the parrafin was to create (sort of) a tone resonator (or

Re: Carnauba Creme for pads(?)

Guy Mallery — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:09:40 GMT

Gosh, it's just surgical-grade materials. After 30 years of calling my bassoons names of spirits from Biebrich, I started naming my French bassons after

Re: Carnauba Creme for pads(?)

da_hah — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:30:40 GMT

... Reminds me of an old joke: Q.) What's the difference between a car tire and 365 used condoms? A.) One's a good year, the other's a great year! (sorry!)

Re: Carnauba Creme for pads(?)

David Taylor — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:06:36 GMT

Dear Slawomir: Many years ago I put together a couple of procedures that I had seen applied to pads. One was the traditional pariffin technique and the other

Re: Carnauba Creme for pads(?)

slawomir krysmalski — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:22:43 GMT

... Slawomir Krysmalski

Re: Carnauba Creme for pads(?)

Shawn — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:10:28 GMT

Chip says:"One of the more curious methods tried by one prominent person was referred to as Trojan pads. It was called that because the material from a latex

Re: Carnauba Creme for pads(?)

cnnowen — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:58:17 GMT

Hi Sean, Yep, I've been lurking. So now I get to expound. The use of carnauba cream for sealing bassoon pads is part of the evolution of pad sealing. If you

Re: Carnauba Creme for pads(?)

Henry Skolnick — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:20:54 GMT

Hello Slawomir, I have used Carnauba wax on old (and not so old) pads for many years. It is a clear, PH neutral wax produced by a type of palm tree. When I was

Re: Carnauba Creme for pads(?)

Sean Gumin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:18:38 GMT

For a while Fox Products was using carnauba cream but recently stopped. They found that when applied too generously the pads didn't seal as well. Also the