In the footsteps of ancient masters of the 18th century.

One of the other interesting projects in which I have the opportunity to participate is the reconstruction of the wing of a baroque bassoon. We start with the reconstruction of the drilling. The first step is to reconstruct the internal bore, the shape of which consists of several rotating cones. Due to the age and deformation of the original tool, we measure with a non-invasive 3D scanning method and calculate the ideal circle. The following is its modeling in 3D […]

Oil wooden tools?

Is the weather wet and cold, does it make sense to take care of your wooden instrument? I observe three groups of people who: Oil woodwind instruments regularly, they believe in slowing down the degradation of wood They don't oil because they have a better sound They don't oil because they don't take care of the instrument in general for various reasons... What is the use of oiling? When playing a wind instrument […]