BUYING AN INSTRUMENT

1) Makers of Baroque Bassoon Replicas
2) Dealers in Restored Historical Instruments
3) Retailers and Used Instruments

Makers of Baroque Bassoon Replicas

This is a list of makers of replicas of baroque and historical bassoons However, it by no means covers all active makers throughout the world. If you know of any other makers you can recommend, or have found any inaccuracies in this list, please contact me at 
jfmorris@mgu.ac.jp 

Maker	Address
Olivier Cottet	Le Bois des prés,  28410 Boutigny Prouais, France,  Telephone 02 37 65 13 96). Olivier Cottet makes various types of oboes and bassoons, from baroque to modern.
Robert H. Cronin, Historical Instruments (U.S.A.)	360 Marmona Dr, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (415) 323-3436  Tel: +1 650 323 3436 Email: rhcronin@att.net Web: http://www.roberthcronin.com/ Eichentopf, A=415 Hz. Classical: Grenser, A=430 Hz.
Matthew Dart	45 Bonnington Square Vauxhall, London SW8 1TF    UK Tel: +44 171-7872614 (workshop) Tel: +44 171-7350479 (home) E-mail: Mathdart@aol.com Baroque bassoon: After the J.C. Denner instrument in Brussels, A=415 Hz   Classical bassoon: After J.F. Grundmann, A=430 Hz
Daniel Deitch	2607 Clement Street San Fransisco, CA 94121     USA Tel/Fax: +1 415 221 2735 Email: oldhorns@worldnet.att.net. Web: http://www.danieldeitch.com/ Baroque bassoon: After R. Haka instrument at A-392, and after the W. Wyne instrument in Den Haag (NL), A=415 Hz. Fagottino after the J.C. Denner instrument in Boston, A=415Hz.  Also makes flutes and other period woodwinds. Updated February 2010: Mr Deitch appears to make only baroque flutes now!!!
Paul Hailperin	Riedichen-Hütten 1 D-79669 Zell i.W. Germany Tel.: +49 7625 7834 / 1808 Fax: +49 7625 928660 Email: P.Hailperin@t-online.de Makes Renaissance and baroque double reeds. His  Baroque bassoon is after M. Deper, A=415/420/440 hz
Verjat Laurent (France)	Rte. de Bar sur Seine F-10110 Villemorien France phone : +33 142 45 55 20 +33 325 29 38 24 Dulcian: Consort after Melchor instruments.  Baroque bassoon: After Prudent (Paris), A=415 Hz, 5 keys. After Eichentopf , A=392 or 415 Hz, 4/5 keys. Classical bassoon: After Rust, A=430 Hz, 8 keys. Contra bassoon: After Eichentopf and Rorarius.
Dirk Klöffer	Wendelingsgäßle 5 D-79111 Freiburg. GermanyTel./Fax: +49 761 4769151 Email: DK@barockoboe.de Web: www.baroqueoboe-baroquebassoon.de Baroque bassoon: After Denner / Deper and after Wijne. Classical bassoon: after Porthaux. Baroque oboe: after Boekhout (A=415 Hz), after Rottenburgh (A=392 Hz). Oboe d'amore: after Oberlender. Various: Classical oboe after Grundman, Oboe da caccia after Eichentopf, tenoroboe after Bizey, Englishhorns after Lotz and Grenser.
Mr. Peter de Koningh (Holland)	Zwarteweg 48, 6964 AE Hall, Holland Tel./Fax . (+31) (0)313 654152 E-mail: PdeKoningh@Compuserve.Com http://www.peterdekoningh.nl/ Bassoon: Baroque after J.H. Eichentopf and Prudent, A=415 Hz. Grenser, A=430 Hz. Wiesner, A=435/438 Hz. Contrabassoon after Andreas Eichentopf Also makes high quality bocals.
Renaissance Workshop Co.	http://www.renwks.com/ Located in the U.K. Make a wide range of historical instruments in finished and kit form. including a baroque bassoon after Denner, Berlin at A=415 (not available as a kit).
Leslie Ross (U.S.A)	Robinson and Ross Woodwinds 131 Essex ST. 6th floor, New York, NY, 10002 (1) 212 260 9344 info@leslieross.net Website: Ross Bassoons Dulcian: Tenor (c/G), Bass (F/C) A=440 or A=466 Hz. 17th Century style. Baroque bassoon: After an Eichentopf instrument in Nürnberg, A=392 or 415 Hz. Classical bassoon: After Bühner & Keller instruments, A=430 Hz. Copy at A=430Hz of a Heinrich Grenser instrument. Romantic bassoon: After a Wiesner instrument, A=430+ Hz. Various: Reed-tip profiling machine. Cane profiling machine. Bocals for modern bassoon.
Guntram Wolf  (Germany)	Besides making an innovative modern bassoon, Mr Wolf makes a number of historical replicas, at both "historical" (a=415) and modern (a=440) pitch. His historical models  include  Baroque, Classical and Romantic models. Octave and contra bassoons, in baroque and classical models. Quint, Quart, Quintbass and Quartbass classical bassoons. http://www.guntramwolf.de/

Dealers in Restored Historical Instruments

Retailers and Used Instruments

Please consult the makers and retailers directly about prices. I would also recommend Mr De Koningh's page for his wonderful pictures of his instruments.

Hans Mons, a leading dulcian maker, has a page for makers of historical double-reed instruments. Much of the information on this page comes from his page (thank you, Hans). He has photographs of several of the above makers with their products, a page listing summer intensive courses for the baroque bassoon, and a "Classifieds" section carrying advertisements for used instruments Highly recommended!
See : http://www.baroquebassoon.org/

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