Category Archives: Music Instruments

Full Boehm Clarinet in a modern world

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Gandalfe

Terry Stibal in 2006 reviews your full Boehm clarinet options. For many years, Selmer offered the complete line of clarinets, as did Heckel, Leblanc and Buffet. However, that has changed and now you are quite limited as to extra keywork. … Continue reading →

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The Great Flute debate: Open or closed hole

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Gandalfe

Gordon Palmer, a friend of mine who can be found via the contact info at the end of this post recently posted this gem on the Sax on the Web site. I wanted to put it here for my many sax friends who, like me, … Continue reading →

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Clarinet Challenge ~ Can you say Fricken Hard?

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Gandalfe

I am firstly a sax guy. I have a lot of music to prepare for the seven holiday gigs I have in December. Clarinet remains my biggest challenge and after three years of a on again, off again relationship, I … Continue reading →

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Reducing squeaks on the Bass Clarinet

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Gandalfe

I am a hobbyist who started playing clarinet three years ago. I find voicing the clarion range in the bass clarinet to be a challenge, especially because I am a doubler who’s main instrument is the saxophone. So these two … Continue reading →

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Foto du Jour: The Piano

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Gandalfe

How can you not luv a melancholy picture like this. Found on Flickr.com, it is delightful. If this piano could tell stories, I would bet they would be interesting. 

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Metal Assemblage Light Sculptures

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Gandalfe

I find this kind of art fascinating with a dream-like quality. You have to luv that this stuff didn’t end up in landfills. About S. D. Kogan: “Eventually, my designs evolved as I started combining musical instruments with other recycled … Continue reading →

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Albert System Clarinet, in a nutshell

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Gandalfe

Terry Stibal, an accomplished musician and historian, regales us at the Woodwind Forum with yet another synopsis from the musical world. The pictures are from the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. A long time ago, there was this … Continue reading →

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YouTubeage – Unique Identity via C Melody Sax

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Gandalfe

Vintage instruments often get a bad rap. But in the hands of professionals they still sing. Shot on November 22, 2009 at Boutique De Son in Montreal, “A Unique Identity” is the second in a suite of short films about … Continue reading →

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Keilwerth Toneking 3000 Jazzophone

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Gandalfe

Meet my little friend, the Keilwerth Toneking 3000 Jazzophone. This was the eBay write-up by QuinnTheEskimo (aka Matt) is perhaps the worlds finest at finding unique and playable music instruments: “This is an EXTREMELY RARE Keilwerth Toneking 3000 Jazzophone. The … Continue reading →

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Vocal and Instrument Range Chart

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Gandalfe

I found this at Wikipedia in the Vocal Range category. It is fascinating and a good reference.

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