Woodwind players often try new things to “spice up” their playing. Even new instruments emerge with the amount of experimentation, new compositions, technology, and new materials available. Here are a few of my favorite double reed innovations of the last ten years.
German bassoon system add ons:
Moosmann low A bell
wing joint system to high G
more about Robert’s bassoon can be found at his website
http://www.robertronnes.com/MyBassoons.html
Guntram Wolf Instruments
Kontraforte (revised contra bassoon)
Lupophon (revised bass oboe)
more information about Wolf instruments and products can be found at:
http://www.guntramwolf.de/englisch/instrumente.html
Loboe (low A oboe)
The new Püchner oboe bell
Marigaux plexiglass oboe
Fox plexiglass bassoon
Hi, just a curiosity: is this Plexiglass Bassoon made by Fox Products from Indiana?? Do they still make instruments with this material? Thanks
Yes it is a plexiglass bassoon made by Fox in Indiana. People tell me that it sounds terrible and just sits in their offices as a novelty. I don’t think that they would put this into production.