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Dear Elizabeth Thank you for your sharing your side by side comparison of three model bassoons. I enjoyed watching the performance with interest in the three bassoons and vocals, and I think the sound of YFG-811 is very good. But while I'm watching the chromatic scale performance video, I arise two questions for your good performances. 1. When you played the Fox 601 and Leitzinger Model II, you may have played high register to F5, but when you played the YFG-811, the sound seemed to only go up to E5. Is there a reason why you didn't play to F5 sound on YFG-811? Didn't the F5 sound good? 2. When you played with a Heckel VCD Bocal on the YFG-811, D#5 and E5 sounds naturally. But when you played with Yamaha Super Bocal 1, sometimes the sound of D#5 was good, sometimes it did not the sound properly. Even the note of E5 didn't make a sound properly. Did the combination that is YFG-811 + Yamaha Super Bocal 1 always sound like that? Thank you!

I really think Wolfe Bassoons are underrated. As someone that has always played on fox instruments other than the several conns and a miraphone I own, I was very impressed by the resonance and deep tone of the S2000.

The bocals are all in "English Blend", isn't it?

S2000 for me sounds really nice, wondering how durable key system is. It is realy important for me in case of student bassoon for long term of use at music school..

Are you playing all of these with the bocals that come with the wolfs and renard? Not enough people try the wolf bassoons, they are impressive!

Your Heckel is clearly the best, most resonant of the bassoons. The rasp was bothersome, but that Wolf had a nice resonance overall and a pleasing sound. The V did nothing for me. The Renard sounded round but brighter and narrower. If a student is buying from this selection, I like the Wolf that had the less fancy lettering, whatever that was. But we all have our own opinions, and if he made a purchase, I hope he's happy with it. I'd have also liked to hear him play the three bassoons to see if they reacted to him the way they did for you.

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Thank you very much for this video.

For my ears the music parts are best played on Fox. It has such a clear fine tone and best articulation, double tounging, intonation. Leitzinger sounds very nice - but intonation it's not so good, i think.

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So great - love that you commissioned this and that Kari wrote such a fun score.

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The Heckel sounds like my 9, which is to say that it has a homogenous and free sound through the registers which makes it very rewarding to play. But it doesn’t sound better or worse than the Moosman, just different. I’m sure they project similarly in an orchestral setting. I have one caveat though (consistent with your previous instrument comparisons) and that is that you use different bocals on each instrument. I accept the concept that each instrument might have an “ideal” match, but I have always found that the bocal is more important than the instrument, at least when comparing instruments objectively, and governs response and intonation issues more than the reed even. That said, when i had the opportunity to acquire my current (and final) instrument from my teacher, the bocal that came with it was clearly suited to it more than my own. BUT my own bocal allowed me to assess the relative strengths of each instrument in what seemed to be an objective manner. Which is only to say: you sound great on each instrument you have tried, and thank you for doing so on CZcams, it has been informative and enlightening to hear what great alternatives we have today and that a Heckel is no longer the only instrument that can be played professionally. Thank you!

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What a great piece, beautifully played.. you've even made the multiphonics musical. Brava! <3

This looks quite helpful. But on my score for string quartet, when I click on "extract parts", the window says "score" and "part 1." "Score" is checked. But I don't see the list of instruments as on your video - Vn1, Vn2, viola, cello. How do I get the list to appear? Thanks.

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I'd be really interested to see how both of these sound in a live hall, and in a larger ensemble. When I closed my eyes and went back it really depends on the excerpt as to which one I preferred the sound of. The Heckel seems like it has a little more clarity/front end on the articulation and at least on the recording seems to have more upper overtones/partials in the lower register. The Moosmann 150, at least to me, had a more consistent quality of sound and intonation for me across registers (but it has also been your primary instrument for a bit so hard to know if that is the instrument or familiarity). But, I could hear potential for a little more sparkle in the tenor register, for lack of better term, in the Heckel. That's why I'd be curious to see how they play in a hall, and in a larger ensemble. I think in a room or by itself the Moosmann might carry more, but I suspect the Heckel might play differently - maybe easier - in a group using timbre to cut through. Hard to guess the series without knowing reed and bocal, but if I had to guess it would maybe be a late 8 or a 9 (I could be way off though). Anyway, I wonder which instrument feels better to you to play on. For what it's worth, I play a Moosmann M200CL - tried a 150E when I was buying mine and liked it, but testing with others showed I sounded better on the M200.

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Fox by a long shot, but it’s really what YOU like.

Very helpful. Just this week, I have been extracting parts for a Symphony Orchestra. I couldn't manage the way you showed (so I have learned something!) but I COPIED each part from the SCORE and Pasted it into a New Document. It worked pretty well, but was a lot of work! I must make a copy of each step that you showed us, and keep it for next time. Love, Jeff

I play a 150E, and as I listened to how similar they sounded in the small room, I thought "well, as the space gets larger, the je ne sais quoi of the Heckel will probably begin to become more apparent." It didn't. I don't like saying authoritative things about instruments, so I won't, but what I will say is that *you* sound better (by that I mean more resonant, lively, and actually a touch more in tune) in all registers on *that* 150E than on *that* Heckel. Maybe there's a Heckel that would completely upstage the 150E, but it's not that one. If I were in your place I would take the price difference and... I don't know ... put a down payment on a house.

Love it!

Thank you

I think that the Moosmann sounds a little more flexible. I think the Heckle has a little bit more immediate response. The 150 is by far the best Moosmann model, and I think these instruments head to head don't seem to have a clear winner in my opinion. This is just proof that bassoon makers can match Heckel and have been.

LOVE these videos gurl!! Keep ‘em coming!!

Incredible how great all of them sound though. You would think the Heckel would be night and day different at the price range. Are these all on Heckel/Leitzinger Bocals?

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everyone has their qualities! for soloist or chamber music : I would choose the heckel (8XXX series?) for 2nd in the orchestra, I would choose the Moosmann for 1st in the orchestra I don't know... everything would depend on the aesthetics of the woodwinds, and even of the whole orchestra. But both would be great

When you played Tchaikovsky 6, you sound exactly like my teacher. The focus, darkness, control, and tastefully vibrato; a sheer joy to listen to! To compare these two bassoons, I find that Moosmann sound a bit muffled. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that usually happen with thicker wall bassoons with a smaller bore?

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What a great piece of music and a beautiful performance of it by these 2 musicians. BRAVA!!!!

this is more so for my own exploration of difference between various instruments as a highschool bassoonist, but imo the sound of the moosmann was fuller (significantly??? i would say i guess idk) than that of the heckel. though i agree that the articulation was slightly clearer on the heckel, i think that is primarily due to the fact that it isn’t as full in comparison to the moosmann? (not sure) i’m thinking that same quality could be achieved with a different bocal on the moosmann perhaps, but that overall the moosmann has the potential to outperform the heckel at least in my scope of ideal sound. also, not sure whether the clips are in exact order but it seems to me (could be coincidence) that each time you play the heckel after playing the moosmann the overall sound quality is better than when you play the heckel after previously playing a different excerpt on the heckel. but what do i know lol i would love to hear your own thoughts on the two instruments and difference in playing! This is really me typing out my thoughts as an ?educational? experience lmao but anyway beautiful playing!

Big difference in the big hall. Heckel has a much better sound. Up close more similar in sound.

Love this! The Heckel definitely has a consistent “nutty” timbre throughout its full range versus the Moosmann!

Heckel wins. For me Heckel's tone is purer and more interesting and projects a little better. The Moosmann's sound seems a little muffled and the staccato is less clean in some notes.

My favourite study by Weissenborn. Nice performance.

I still like my 601 for 2nd parts.

hello,i extracted the parts but the measure systems are not together ,they are separated ,do you have a solution on that?Thank you!

Thank you for the video. It really helps!

Interesting video, I have just bought my 1st Légère reed and I'm impressed with the way it plays. Perhaps 4 years have seen some improvements. How do you finger the high E and F these are hit-and-miss for me. Thanks

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Have you ever tried the boiling water method for forming the tube? It saves me so much time and hand dexterity.

I'm 70 and am getting back to serious practice, I've had soo many distraction which hampered by bassoon practice and so these videos are great and inspiriing.

The 601 sounds really good.