Re: [HG] PS Rauschpfeif?

[Patrick Brown]

Today, the last Faire day, I asked the player in l'ensemble Cercamon  
just which one he was using, and he told me it was a sopranino in F.  
Mind you, he's playing A minor pieces(dorian or aeolian doesn't  
matter so much because he's in the first five notes of the scale, not  
attaining to the determinative sixth degree, in the main.) F would be  
proper, and right there, for A aeolian, while you'd need F# for  
dorian. Right?  You'll all note, no doubt, that he'd have to be  
playing A phrygian on an F instrument, and I mentioned that, and he  
said you can blow around it, and get the notes you need/want. He also  
said, when I told him I was getting dead pages off of the main Moeck  
site, to go to Susato, and have a look there. It didn't grate my ears  
any. I thought it sounded beautiful, and magical. Louder than all get  
out, but it didn't have the annoying high frequency presence that can  
make things hurt. Stands out head and shoulders above the other  
instruments, which adds to the wonderful effect of it, to me. Has  
alot to do with the player, I'm sure. He's quite accomplished.

Pat