How odd for this to come up just now. I have been playing at the
Acadiana Medieval Faire, with my Tekerolant(Nagy), lap harp, and oud
or fiddle, etc., and one of the fellas in one of the groups
playing,,l'ensemble Cercamon, from Montreal, plays one. This thing
RULES. Never heard anything quite so,,well,,I don't remember any
instrument sending shivers up my spine like this thing, and I suppose
it is an alto, from the sound of it. He showed it to me close up when
I asked if it were a shawm(family), and if it were double reed,,both
true. He told me it's a Moeck.(maker) He told me to check different
vendors, as this maker is available through more than one, though he
didn't specify if Moeck has a site. I just walked in the door from
day 3, so haven't had time to check, and saw your post, and thought
I'd tell you my experience.
Today while they were playing, my Tek was in A, and he was playing it
in A minor(might have been dorian,,didn't check for sure), because my
drone was right on A, and they were about 30 yards away. They
(Cercamon) have a site, if you google them. He may have more than
one, but mainly he played this one, so it may be just that one, as
well as whistles(he can play two at once.)
There is another person on this list who can testify to the power of
this instrument; she was right next to me on Saturday when they
kicked off. They have a gaita, too, but it can't keep up with the
Rauschpfief, volume wise. When he starts in with that thing, it gets
magical. They do Mediteranean, Languedoc, etc., etc.
Pat
On Apr 2, 2007, at 4:10 PM, Jocelyn Demuth wrote:
Greetings all,
I'm thinking of buying a Rauschpfeif. I have very little
experience with reed instruments. Can someone recommend a maker
(I'm in the US)
I know this is a HG list, but I figure a number of people must play
with these noisy instruments as well. Does anyone know anything
about this maker? (Link below) He seems to make rauschppfeifs in G
which would be fabulous with my D-G gurdy. Unfortunately, his site
is in German, which means my understanding is pretty limited to
pictures and words that look similar to English. Any
recommendations regarding playing and buying a rauchpfeif would be
appreciated.
http://www.sackpfeifenmacher.de/fischer/prod.htm?&kat=27
