Playing the Bassoon

The following is a list of links that relate to playing the bassoon:

Organizations
Non-commercial sites
Commercial sites

Bassoon-related organizations:

• The International Double Reed Society
• The British Double Reed Society
• The Midwest Double Reed Society

Other non-commercial sites:

• The Bassoon Fingering Chart
• The Bassoon Archive List at Washington University The mother lode. An index of all the bassoon-related information on WU's computers...includes many postings from the Doublereed-l newsgroup containing a wealth of information.
• Scrape Magazine, which bills itself as "the Internet's bassoon source."
• Bassoon (The title is simple, yet elegant) Not much information beyond the basics, but has a great Frank Zappa quote.
• Think the bassoon is a stodgy instrument? Try visiting the Punk Bassoon Connection.
• For a view from the less glamorous end of the section try the Second Bassoon Page.
• A Swedish Bassoon Page.
• A Macintosh HyperCard stack that is A Beginner's Guide to Bassoon Reed Making.
• The Arizona State University Bassoon Studio page.
• Take a trip to Norway and visit The Bassoon Zone!
• Steve Hanna's very helpful page of tips for beginning bassoonists.

Commercial Sites:

• A list of suppliers of materials and instruments for bassoonists as well as oboists.
• Charles Double Reed
• MLR Enterprises (Marlin Lesher Reed Co.)
• Bill Roscoe Double Reeds
• The Proboe shop sells VAR tube cane for the bassoon.
• Alamo Music Ltd. sells a wide range of bassoons and other woodwind instruments.
• Reunion Blues sells gig bags for your instrument, sheet music, and accessories.
• Giardenelli sells American Music Bassoon Reeds.
• If you're in the market for sheet music, visit the Wimbledon/Trigram Music site.
• Podium Music will custom-arrange sheet music for all sorts of ensembles, especially non-traditional combinations of instruments.
• ProMusicFind.Com, a self-described "worldwide marketplace for buying and selling new and used musical instruments and music equipment; new, used and rare records and CDs; new and rare videos; and new, used and rare music and books." (Pshew!)
• Phillip Dann has a page advertising his handmade bassoon reeds.

Also see the About the Bassoon page for recordings and other information that is also of interest to non-bassoonists.

 

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Eric Tipler