How much work is required to keep a bassoon – especially an older instrument – in good repair?
A bassoon needs a lot of work, it needs to be maintenanced. Keys get loose, (key) pads get loose — so there’s air leaking from under the pads, which makes it easier to miss notes, or miss a clean attack on a note. And sometimes you have to drill out the (open) holes. There’s somebody in Toronto who’s really terrific at this kind of maintenance.
