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[@jedto108]

I’ve had that exact nightmare… along with where’s my reed? My music? My pants? The concert hall? Where’s everybody else? 😂

[@paulcombs-bomuse6172]

While I use only a single reed, it is good to hear from someone who has the same philosophy about reeds.

[@ernestrobles1510]

Keep Calm and Play Bassoon. Thanks!

[@SpartanB170]

does anyone know why he seems to be using a wing joint from another instrument?

[@marydoob]

Jia Ao probably sounds better, quite a few players swap out parts, some as much as half the horn, some just the bell.

[@foxfagottjunge6011]

…more likely a custom-made new wing joint than it having come from another instrument. I reckon the original wing joint (which had a high-F key/hole and a D-D# trill key/hole) made the instrument unstable (instruments with a high-F hole are more of a hit-and-miss than those with only a high-E hole (but many high-F horns are great too!!)), so Mor Biron got himself a wing joint for his instrument with less unnecessary holes. Here he plays a high-F D-D#-trill joint: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4uueXqiedCsq9E Theo Plath also originally had a high-F + D-D#-trill wing joint, he had a new one made too. Compare old: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pojbdaimppapoLs with new four months later: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3nQgWSKo7tjbrc My prognosis is that the amount of bassoons with high-F will increase and increase until a certain point at which it'll decrease and one day most professional bassoons will "only" have a high-E, some will not even have that, but only have the E-F# trill on the wing joint, like Sergio Azzolini: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoOWZZKHqb15eKs

[@foxfagottjunge6011]

​@@marydoob in case you weren't notified of my answer to Jia Ao… I thought you might have something to say regarding my wing-joint rambling

[@marydoob]

FoxFagottjunge sorry, I haven’t been on google or KZbin in a while, cool. I had no idea, I’m too old, I remember George Goslee from the Cleveland orchestra had a Hackel made of two different horns and stories of a few other players. Interesting about the high F hole, I’m not surprised that it could influence the horn, especially higher up on the horn, the wing would logically be the most sensitive. Thanks for sharing!

[@gabrielortiz-larrauri4890]

Really cool, thank you!

[@zebradove1]

Congratulations, The Airline "Doesn't" send Your Bassoon to Azerbaijan.

[@kelsonbezerralopes]

He looks like Tom Hanks kkkk

[@EGchristian]

Hope you had an enjoyable journey in China :-)

[@brsobrso9193]

What you say when you play single tongue?

[@zekrost2725]

What's the name of the piece?

[@umbertofilineri4635]

It depends on which one, he played several. If you ask about the last one he played it was the bassoon obbligato part from the alto/tenor aria from cantata Mein Gott wie Lang, ach Lange BWV155 by J.S. Bach

[@gaetanoercolani9134]

2:41

[@carl_yohnsen]

What is the song played?

[@placeholdier]

Did you find it? I have heard it before but don't recall the piece

[@paolopalicalligaris]

Bach cantata BWV 155

[@double124]

Did you just assume this bassoon's gender?

[@tianweiyuan2517]

自信

[@bobbyzhou7745]

讲究😂

[@nottingham_ChrisAllison]

:-)