The new bassoon bocal is a big change. It out plays my Heckel bocal by a significant amount, and it also is far better than the bocal used by the guy I play with who has a 1967 vintage Heckel bassoon and bocal. I was surprised that it worked so well on his bassoon. He, too, was quite shocked! It really solves many of my instrument's problems above ...

I wanted to mention briefly that we were very pleased to have Sarah Thelen and Barry Trent from Fox at the Georgia State University Double Reed Day. Barry's class was informative, and I felt that he engaged well with the students.

I know that the bassoon students especially enjoyed being able to play on some instruments that they do n...

I just wanted to drop a line to let you know how well-received Sarah was today at the Georgia State University Annual Double Reed Day. Sarah’s presentation was informative, entertaining and highly beneficial to the several dozen young (and not-so-young) oboists in attendance. She welcomed everyone’s questions, encouraged open dialog and did an...