This bassoon have a little extension on the L.H. 3rd finger. The bassoon is called a Fox/ Renard 222. This is my first time playing a bassoon, but i have help a Fox/ Renard 51, but it was plastic. The 222 is a wooden bassoon, and i was wondering it this is a good for all levels of players????


heres a website name

http://www.foxproducts.com/pages/bsn_222.asp


i am getting it from Arkansas School Band Services please give me tips!!!

also i am 13 with average hands

2 hours ago

The 222 is a good Bassoon for most school students, up to high school students. You could most likely use it in a youth orchestra as well. If you were to consider bassoon in University, you may consider upgrading. It will be much better than your 51!

Thanks a lot. Also I have been wiating for it to come in how should I go about the tempature changes between the truck and my house??

unless it is drastic, I wouldn't freak out about it.
Make sure you have a swab though. The wood can rot if you don't swab.
I say this because many people in my state don't swab their plastic bassoons (which I always found disgusting, but, its their bassoon)
I used to play on a plastic, but I upgraded. It was a huge difference in my tone.

I gota swab that fits both the boot and wing joints is that ok? Or could I use my oboe swab that fits my middle joint on the oboe for the wing joint on the bassoon?

your swab should be fine. That is the kind I use. =)
I don't know about the oboe thing though, I always used to use those fluffy things for mine(by the way, never use those...bleck).
Really the important thing is getting the boot joint nice and dry, then the wing.

Ok thanks alot

Depending on the oboe swab you have, it probably is not long enough to reach all the way through the wing joint. I would just stick with the bassoon swab you have. I have one like that too, and it seems to work just fine.

The 51 would be okay in your first year I find that one hard to go high on but the 222 is good unless you plan on a carreer in bassoon get a better one and the third finger extention is okay dont worry about it you'll just have a little easier time to reach it if you are trying to play the lowest b