Michael Burns New Personal Website: www.michaelburnsbassoon.com. Contains information about me (Michael Burns), my articles, compositions, performances, sound samples, etc.

General and Important Bassoon Links:

International Double Reed Society (http://www.idrs.org)
This is the International Organization for oboists and bassoonists--contains a wealth of information. Become a member and check this site periodically!

Bassoon.org (http://www.bassoon.org)
Excellent site containing information about the bassoon and bassoonists. Also has an extensive bassoons for sale section where you can advertise or find used instruments.

Australasian Double Reed Society (http://www.adrs.org.au/) The Website for Double reeders from Australia and New Zealand. Dr. Burns has contributed articles to their Double Trouble column.

Bassoon Reeds and More (http://www.canit.se/~chrisdav/)
An excellent site from Swedish Bassoonist Christian Davidsson including a great guide to adjusting the bassoon reed.

Bassoon in Literature (http://home.earthlink.net/~minhnghia/bassoon.html)
An interesting web page listing many citations and quotations about the bassoon.

Brief History of the Bassoon with pictures (http://www.elstub.com.au/history3.htm)

29 of the best bassoon sites “chosen by a human being!”

Web article about the acoustic properties of the bocal (crook) (http://acoustics.open.ac.uk/bassoon.htm)

Bassoon Fingering Charts on Woodwind.org (http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/bassoon/)

A page all about our friend Fernand Oubradous :-) (http://fernand.oubradous.free.fr/)

Tips for bassoon from the Texas School Music Project (http://www.tsmp.org/band/bassoon/nelson_tips.html)

Bassoon Music Publishers and Distributors:

TrevCo Music (http://www.trevcomusic.com)
A GREAT source for double reed music. Searchable online catalog. Includes some of Burns' compositions (Blues for Contra, 2 Aotearoa Sketches, Eclecticsm 2 for Wind Quintet)

Vann Cott Bassoon Catalog (http://www.vcisinc.com/bassoon.htm)
This is a nice online catalog that includes pictures of the cover for etudes, books and CDs that they carry so you can really see what you are ordering. They also have the 4 (so far) Bassoon part CD-Roms that I recommend for your excerpt collections.

Info about the bassoon orchestral excerpt CD-Roms available (http://www.orchmusiclibrary.com/)

Gail Warnaar Double Reed Shop (http://www.DoubleReedShop.com)
Double reed Music, tools, and accesories

Bassoon, Bocal, and Reed Tool Manufacturers:

B. H. Bell Bassoons website (http://www.bellbassoons.com/index.htm) Canadian bassoon maker

Christlieb Products for Bassoon (http://home.earthlink.net/~tonyc41/) Bassoon reed tools designed by Don Christlieb

Fox Products website. (http://www.foxproducts.com/)
Makers of Excellent U.S. Bassoons, Contras, etc. Especially good for student bassoons (Renard models 220 and 240)

Heckel Bassoon’s own website (http://www.heckel.de/) The pre-eminent manufacturer of German or "Heckel-System" bassoons.

Leitzinger Bassoon and Bocal webpage (http://www.leitzinger.de/) Excellent German Bocal manufacturer now also making bassoons.

Moosman Bassoons (http://www.b-moosmann.de/e/) German bassoon manufacturer

Norman Herzberg projects—profiler, etc. (http://www.herzbergprojects.com/index.htm)

Puchner Bassoons website. (http://www.puchner.com/) Old and well-established German bassoon company

Georg Rieger bassoon tools (http://www.georgrieger.com/html-en/home/index.html) Reed tools including profilers, tip profilers, shapers, etc.

Terry Wilson Bassoon reed toolcases, reed soakers, etc. (http://www.terryficarts.com/)

Guntram Wolf Bassoons. (http://www.guntramwolf.de/englisch/start_englisch.html)
German maker of Modern and Period bassoons, contrabassoons, Dulcians and the Contraforte! Also makes excellent bocals!

Yamaha Bassoons Catalog. Japanese instrument manufacturer. fairly recent addition to the ranks of bassoon manufacturers. FYI, I am a Yamaha Performing Artist and currently play a model YFG-812.

Arundo Reed and Cane (http://www.arundoreeds.com/)

James Kopp & Associates, reedmakers for bassoon (http://koppreeds.com/index.html)
Makers of reeds for bassoon, contra, and historical bassoons. Also contains two excellent articles on reed theories: Physical Forces at Work in Bassoon Reeds, and Counting the Virtues of Bassoon Reed Cane.

All Bassoon Cane. (http://www.allbassooncane.com/)
Cane and Reeds for sale. Also includes an excellent article giving reed tips.

Sonoma Bassoon reeds, (http://www.bassoonreeds.com/) owned and operated by Stephen Paulson, Principal in the San Francisco Symphony

Bassooner or later (http://www.angelfire.com/la/reedartist/) Bassoon repairs, reed adjusting tips, etc.

Heat Shrink (shrink wrap) tubing sites:
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/webtronics/heatshrintub.html
http://www.allelectronics.com./matrix/Heatshrinkable_Tubing.html
http://www.cableorganizer.com/heat-shrink/?source=cor

S LaRose, Inc. (http://www.slarose.com/store2/store.ihtml?id=78&step=2&parentid=180)
The clock shop in Greensboro that sells PARALLEL PLIERS, other pliers, etc. :-)

Bassoon Vendors:

Charles Music (http://www.charlesmusic.com)
Double Reed Vendor

Mark Chudnow Woodwinds (http://MCWOBOE.COM)
Double Reed Vendor

Forrests “The Double Reed Specialists” (http://www.forrestsmusic.com/)

Ann Hodge Double Reed Supplies (http://www.olg.com/hodge)
Double Reed Vendor

International Music Suppliers (http://www.intlmusicalsuppliers.com)
Woodwind Vendor with instruments, accesories, etc.

Jeanne Music and Accessories (http://www.jeanne-inc.com/)

Jones Double Reed Products (http://www.jonesdoublereed.com)
Double reed vendor and reedmaker

Midwest Musical Imports (http://www.mmimports.com)
Double Reed vendor with Instruments, Reeds, Tools, Accesories, etc. Tend to have good prices!

Miller Marketing (http://www.millermarketingco.com)
Site for Moosman bassoons, Danzi reeds and cane, Rieger and 2x tools and accesories. Comes down to NCMEA each year

Edmund Nielsen (http://www.nielsen-woodwinds.com)
Double Reed Vendor. Boasts largest selection of Heckel bassoon and contra bocals in the U.S.

NJN Bassoon products. (http://www.njnbassoon.com/)
US Distributor for Leitzinger bocals. Also Rieger tools, etc.

Fred Weiner (http://www.weinermusic.com)
Woodwind Vendor with Instruments and Accesories

Woodwind and Brasswind (http://www.wwandbw.com)
Woodwind vendor with Instruments, Accesories, etc.

Some Sites with Bassoons and Contras for Sale:

Bass instruments (including contrabassoons) for sale classified ads (http://www.contrabass.com/pages/classified.html)

Bassoons for sale on Net Instruments (http://www.netinstruments.com/musicalinstruments/bassoons/)

Landy Bassoon Repair (http://bassoonrepair.com)
Includes New and Used bassoons and bocals for sale