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I know that the 240 is a short bore and the 220 is a long bore but I don't know what that means. Do they sound any different and are they a different size? Also what is a Fox 222 because that is what I play on now.
The following are excerpts from the stie listed below (there is a lot more info. there on bassoons and may be worth reading....
"There are currently four acoustical variations in the design of Fox Bassoons. Each has a...
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I'm looking to purchase a bassoon and am having trouble finding a used one. I am thinking about just purchasing a new bassoon, but am trying to stay within $6,000. I am juggling between the Moosman bassoon 98A model and the Fox Renard 220.
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This helped me a lot when making the decision, it gives a side by side comparison of the features on both moosmann and fox instruments:
http://www.millermarketingco.com/moosman n/pdf/MoosFoxCompareChartStudent2.pdf
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I have a fox renard bassoon presumably from around 1987 with a wood bore. I just don't know if it is a 222,220,or 240. I would like to see how much it is worth by determinig exactly what it is. Does...
I'm not a double reed person, but I can tell you that knowing the model won't tell you exactly what it's worth. You need to take it to a shop and have them make sure it is in good playing condition to really know that. They should be able to tell you
Hello,
I am a Junior High student looking for a bassoon to last me through college.
I have looked around, and the best brands seem to be:
Selmer
FOX
I'm looking for a good, intermediate bassoon....
I would recommend a Fox Renard (their student/"artist" models). I know a lot of musicians who have been playing on them from high school, through college, and into their performing careers. You can find them in your price range too...
C, Bb, Eb, what key?
Fox Renard Model 222 bassoon.
Bassoons play in all twelve keys. If you mean what key do they read in? Bassoon s read in concert pitch, meaning if you see a C on the page, a C comes out of the Bell. An example of a transposing instrument would be the clarinet. If you see a...
Fox Cities Boy Scouts report on 2010 National Scout Jamboree
The group has held the event at the Fort A.P. Hill Army base every four years since 1981. It skipped a year so the event could mark the organization's 100th anniversary. The Boy Scouts have hosted the gathering since 1937.
Roberts has been in scouts since he was in first grade and is now a Star Scout who will be a freshman in the fall. He loves camping and cooking outdoors and is a student at the Lawrence Academy of Music in Appleton where he studies bassoon.
Dold also has been in scouting since the first grade and is going into seventh grade at Seton Catholic Middle School. He plays soccer, swims and likes to camp, canoe and sail with his family.
Both boys are correspondents with the Jamboree Troop 1425 from Neenah-Menasha and will be sharing stories from the Jamboree with Post-Crescent readers.
A once-in-a-lifetime experience for scoutsThe trip to Fort A.P. Hill, Va., took Scouts along a bus route from northeastern Wisconsin that included a trip to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., with stops along the way at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, and Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
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Fox Cities Boy Scouts report on 2010 National Scout JamboreeAppleton Post Crescent - Jul 28, 2010
He loves camping and cooking outdoors and is a student at the Lawrence Academy of Music in Appleton where he studies bassoon. Dold also has been in scouting