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Fantastic! What piccolo is that? Beautiful sound 😁😁

I'm certain you won't remember me from the Music Academy of the West 1971 as a fellow bassoonist but I can still recall the beginning solo from the Rite of Spring you played. It was perfection. Do you still have that VW bug stored in a garage somewhere?

You have made the best video I have seen so far in my life concerning the construction of the reed.

Hi Mindi I enjoyed listening to your playing so very very much thank you!... I have started playing again after a very long time and was looking for someone who is doing exactly what you are on you tube in order to get an idea of what a song like this should sound like when one records different tracks of yourself playing. It was an inspiration thank you so much! I was just wondering who composed or wrote the baseline / c clef in your song? Did you do it yourself or is it a specific sheet music rendition. i played from hymnal sheet music but it sounds a bit harsh.

개인이 모여서 함께 더 큰 우리가 되는 조화를 보여주네요 감사합니다 모두를 위해 열심히 노력하는 나 자신이 되는 것이 나를 위하는 것이라는 점을 깨닫게 하네요 즐겨 듣는 곡을 통해서 깨닳게 된 것이 기쁨이네요^^

Mar.6/2023_@00:12-00:27_your background music is too present, the voice without closed caption would be useless. But hey who cares.

This just came into my feed. You guys are great! My wind quintet played this a couple of years ago and I know how challenging the piece can be.

Wow! I am teaching myself on bassoon. I play oboe and English horn and make reeds for them. This is a very different process!

Thanks for the video. I used to make my bassoon reeds from shaped cane back in college. Of course, as a busy student, I used heat-shrink tubing instead of glue and thread.

Thank you. I played the bassoon in high school (50+ years ago) and loved it. They were trying plastic reeds back them. I never liked the plastic ones. Fun video.

Buen trabajo y bellísima música. BCN, 20.08.2022

beautiful performance.

Amazing

By far one of my favourite symphonies!! Loved it!!

that 8va on ledger lines tho.

The Troll Symphony

☆°• awsome

Nicely pLayed! Bravo! 👏👏👏

Hello. Very good information and tutorial! Could you tell me where you bought, or what brand is the profiling machine? All the best

From Brazil here! LOVE THIS!!! I played bassoon in the 70's and 80's. Studied with Sid Rosenberg at IU in the early 80s. Haven't played for about 35 years now, but miss it INCREDIBLY! Looking for a decent horn to buy at 57 years old just for a hobby. lol Seeing you play is motivating me even more! Thanks for sharing!

Lovely, thanks for sharing this!

excellent video! I am appreciate !! Which brand is your profiling machine?

Good job guys! Great performance. Too bad I hadn’t seen this until now.

Always nice to see other Tucsonan musicians!

Forty-six years? Wow! Congratulations. This is a fascinating process to watch. Those machines are amazing. Unfortunately, I had to stop watching early on because of the camera focus problem. Maybe next time.

Wonderful!

It seems you have updated the Stevens machines into the 21st century. I have a hand crank gouger of Bob's. It was broken down and Bob just gave it to me. (I fixed it and use it still) Bob's profiler was also automatic in operation. I am not sure if there is a reason for this...maybe to prevent scorching of the cane. My copy is manually operated. I can go a little faster than your or Bob's old machine. I have never have trouble with burning or scorching the cane. I do have a little trouble with the shaping. Once in a while I will burn a bit mostly at the butt probably because I don't trim the cane at all. I use flat profilers and a trim bit with two bearings on a router table. I tried using one bearing and my profilers show the scars of learning how to do it. I have used the barrel on rod technique to make a profiler and am applying for a patent based on new art. It is for the bassoonist that doesn't want to use primitive machines which require blending the sides into the heart of the reed. It will do both bassoon & contra reeds.(available at Forrest's Music) Ii am using a razor blade inserted into a barrel to bevel. I have a machine to do 4 scores. Need to make one for contra. I made a hogger to pregouge cane. I have also gotten very good at using Bob's wire twisting pliers. Here are some of my machines in action. th-cam.com/video/P0ndWvEFMh0/w-d-xo.html

Beautiful!!!

Bravissimo!

❤️❤️ Bob, you're such a treasure. :)

Great Video- congratulations on your 46 years years!

Excellent video! It's great to see your innovative cane processing in action!

Fascinating! All those years hanging out with bassoonists, I’ve never seen their full reed making process!

Bob this is AWESOME!!! I need to ask Santa for some cooler tools! Nice to see you!

Excellent! Bravo