Good Sources For:
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Cane
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Reed Making Supplies
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Equipment
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Bassoon Music,
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Repair and Maintenance
Gouged, Shaped and Profiled Cane:
Barton Cane
(720) 341-9809
407 Martin St
Longmont, CO 80501
Gouged Cane:
Miller Marketing
Rigotti or Miller Select
P.O. Box 822
Wayne, PA 19087
https://millermarketingco.com/
Edmund Nielsen Woodwinds
Glotin cane (medium gouge thickness)
2863 N. Old Missouri Rd., Ste. 104A
Fayetteville, AR 72703
Phone : (630) 833-5676
https://www.nielsen-woodwinds.com/en
Georg Rieger GmbH
Alois Degler Str.42a
Postfach 1446
76571 Gaggenau
Germany
REED MAKING TOOLS:
Mandrel pins
Pin vise (with pin vise = holding mandrel)
Drying rack
Cane easel
Scoring tool
Reamer
Forming rubber bands
Sanding bed
Dial indicator
(order all the above from www.steesbassoon.com)
The following reed making tools may be found at a good hardware store:
600, 400 and 320 grade wet-dry sandpaper
Wire cutter
Steel ruler (6” in 1/32”)
Duco cement
X-acto knife
From a drug store:
Pipe cleaners
Suede brush
Embroidery thread (fabric store)
Tackle box (sporting goods store)
7” x 1/8” long EPDM rubber bands (www.steesbassoon.com or office supply store)
22 gauge soft brass wire:
Malin Company
5400 Smith Rd.
Brookpark, OH 44142
(800)967-9697
Specialty items
Reed knife:
Graf Clarinet knife with curved tip
Albert Alphin
(781) 449-4197
Landwell knife (#B-11)
Forrests Music
1849 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94703
(510)845-7178
Needle files
File set (#E-26)
Round (#E-27 RF)
Hand (#E-27 HC)
Sharpening stone -- India stone
Plaque -- Plastic arrowhead
Nielsen Woodwinds
2863 N. Old Missouri Rd., Ste. 104A
Fayetteville, AR 72703
Phone : (630) 833-5676
https://www.nielsen-woodwinds.com/en
Dial indicator:
Steesbassoon indicator
Shaper:
Profiler:
MD Reed Products profiler
129 W. Minneapolis Ave
Salina, KS 67401
(888) 540-5530
www.mdreedproducts.com
Georg Rieger
Gouger:
R.D.G., Inc.
or Rieger
Equipment:
Bassoon:
Beginner:
Renard 240 (short bore)
Contact Fox Products Corporation to find a dealer near you:
Advanced and professional:
Moosman 100cl
Miller Marketing
P.O. Box 822
Wayne, PA 19087
https://millermarketingco.com/
Professional: Heckel bassoon
Heckel GmbH
Stettiner Str.7
6202 Biebrich am Rhein
Postfach 12 0343
D65203 Wiesbaden, Germany
Bocals:
Heckel #2CD or #2CC
Heckel GmbH
Stettiner Str.7
6202 Biebrich am Rhein
Postfach 12 0343
D65203 Wiesbaden, Germany
Or from:
Edmund Nielsen Woodwinds
2863 N. Old Missouri Rd., Ste. 104A
Fayetteville, AR 72703
Phone: (630) 833-5676
https://www.nielsen-woodwinds.com/en
Nielsen offers a trial period and stocks over 200 Heckel bocals.
Fox bocals:
The double star bocals are best.
For models 601 and 660, the #3*CVC*
For long and short bore models and all Renards, the #3*CVX*
Case cover:
Altieri Instrument Bag Company
3003 Arapahoe, Suite 221
Denver, CO 80205
(303)291-0658
Tuner and Metronome:
Tonal Energy app
Seat strap:
Cup style from Miller Marketing
Neck strap:
Harness from Forrests Music
Catalog number: (#P-28)
Forrests Music
1849 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94703
(510)845-7178
Swabs (wing and boot separately):
Koelbl from Miller Marketing
Bocal brush:
Koelbl from Miller Marketing
Bassoon Music and Woodwind Chamber Music
Trevco-Varner Music (bassoon and chamber music)
3 Greensview Drive
West Hartford, CT 06107 USA
(203) 698-0444
Groth Music (huge selection of printed music)
952-884-4772
https://www.grothmusic.com/c-6-printed-music.aspx
BASSOON MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
Kenneth Potsic