I would urge you to consider this matter carefully. I attended a workshop in which everyone in the class in which everyone in the class got to play dulcian, shawm, schalmei, rauschpfeiff, crummhorn, cornamuse, cornetto, and rackett, the whole family of each, all in one day. I was so enchanted with the overwhelming dominance of the schalmei and the rauschpfeiff, that I got one of each at some expense, perhaps from Moeck. (Long time ago.) Turns out the wind resistance of each was well beyond my ability, and I am not one to give up on anything loud readily. I could not, in fact, play a whole piece on either without blowing my chops. It was tantamount to playing one's thumb. I was grateful in the end, to find a buyer. I am now perfectly happy with cornamuse and crummhorn. The best way to make a decision is see if you can get a bagpipe going. If you can, you can play a rauschpfeiff. Cheers, Alice
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