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WWQ May 1993 # 1

p 4: Editor's Desk; Welcome & goals of The Woodwind Quarterly. author: Scott Hirsch
p 6: The Goosman headjoint; background of the invention, summary.
p 8: Headjoint acoustics in the flute - a comparison; a comparison between Powell and Goosman. [Acoustics] author: John W Coltman
p 14: FoMRHI - Fellowship of Makers and Researchers of Musical Instruments; a history of its origins. [Report] author: Jeremy Montagu
p 17: Biography. author: Jeremy Montagu
p 18: Baroque oboe maker Marsha Taylor. [Interview] author: MarshaTaylor
p 23: Oldest wind instrument maker in France - Leblanc; new CEO Vito Pascucci. [News & more]
p 23: Super fipple block wood; a species of Cedar often referred to as "pencil feeder wood". [Letters]
p 24: Selmer USA CL220 clarinet & Selmer (Paris); CL220 made from hand-selected grenadilla wood; Prologue clarinet. [News & more]
p 26: Writers guidelines for the Quartely.
p 28: Photo of 5 baroque oboes made by H.A. Dias. ; photographs: H.A. Dias
p 29: James Phelan, Mitchell D. Brody: The Complete Guide to the Flute from Acoustics and Construction to Repair and Maintainance. [Report]
p 32: Seaweed horn; an excercize in silliniess(?). author: Bart Hopkins
p 33: Membrane reeds - Indonesia and Nicasio - first published in Experimental Musical Instruments (EMI); labial reed, membrane reed, alto membrane reed instrument, a bariton membrane reed instrument, purchased in Indoniasa. author: Bart Hopkins
p 48: Post-modernist woodwinds: problems with 'authentication' in early-bassoon reproductions - republished from FoMRHI. author: Paul White
p 55: New acquisitions in the Fiske Museum; flutes from the collections of Richard M. Wilson and of Joe More. [Report] author: Albert Rice
p 56: a crossword and a cryptogram. author: Linda Schaffer
p 58: The New Langwill Index of Musical Wind Instrument Makers and Inventories; a preview of a couple of pages. author: William Waterhouse
p 61: Rob van Acht: Checklist of technical drawings of musical instruments of the world; 1992 Moeck Verlag, 185 pp. [News & more]
p 64: Thieves render bassoon extinct before its time - reprint of a column in the Spokanesman Review paper. [Report] author: Doug Clark
p 68: Engineering in wood with the Speedbit gun drill - made by Stirling Gun Drills of Hempstead, UK; compressor, using the drill, Eugene's adaptations. author: Michael O'Donnell
p 72: Shakuhachi making in America - the sound of nature - with photo's; origins & history, bamboo, Tai Hei Shakuhachi flutes, precision cast bore innovation, new projects. [Methods] author: Monty H Levenson
p 88: Colored CA (super glue) glue. [Tips]
p 88: Compressed felt on a flute. [Tips]
p 88: Cork sizing. [Tips]
p 88: Keep a sharpener next to your (wood) lathe. [Tips]
p 88: Reluctant epoxy; if too thick - microwave helps. [Tips]
p 89: Accurate tapers. [Tips]
p 89: Heavy duty lathe chisel handles. [Tips]
p 89: Super lathe finish. [Tips]
p 89: Tarnish free ring work. [Tips]
p 89: Vibrating machines?. [Tips]
p 90: Stan Gelber, Selmer U.S.A.. [Interview] author: Stan Garber
p 94: Moisture meters and the instrument maker; wood, probes, insulated meter pins, species & temperature corrections, thermo-hygrometer, table of moisture content, drying problems. [Methods] author: Scott Hirsch
p 102: Haynes, Haynes, and Haynes; the Boehm making flute company - a history. author: Susan Berdahl
p 117: William Deveau, president of the William S. Haynes Co.. [Interview] author: William Deveau
p 120: Three baroque soprano recorders by Richard Haka - instructions how to make a copy; A: collection Frans Brüggen; B: collection Museum of Musical Instruments, Leipzig, Germany; C: collection Shrine to Music Museum, Vermillion SD, USA. [Methods] author: Jan Bouterse

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WWQ Aug 1993 # 2

p 3: Editor's Desk; Paul White's contribution in issue #1. author: Scott Hirsch
p 5: Reader's reaction on issue #1. [Letters]
p 7: Bassoon finishing; removal of hardware, removal old finish, inspection, sanding, stain application, finishing. [Maintenance] author: Allied
p 8: The new fingering system and flute design - the Schmidt flute; making a flute. [Methods] author: Jim Schmidt
p 16: about flute making: wall thickness, pads, tiny holes, soldering, favorite tool: old dentist drill, torch. [Interview] author: Jim Schmidt
p 20: The DEG AccuBore clarinet barrels; made by DEG Music Products Inc.. [Materials] author: Don Archer
p 22: In search of the Kohlert bassoon; the history of the factory in Graslitz, Czech Republic, the Kohlert family, the continuation in Germany after World War II and its end. authors: Paul Lein, Janet Lein
p 28: One answer to wood dust in the small shop; bench top air vent, clean up. [Workshop] author: Scott Hirsch
p 32: Air column shapes for wind instruments - part 1 - basic principles; background: basic mechanics of oscillation in enclosed chambers, bore shapes - one end open/closed - cylindrical/conical tubes. [Acoustics] author: Bart Hopkins
p 51: Repair shops in USA, England, Scotland. [Maintenance]
p 52: The importance of understanding basic woodwind repairs. [Maintenance] author: Eddie Kettlewell
p 54: The renaissance of the Native Amercian flute; history and legend, the business end of the flute, hassles. [Methods] author: Ken Light
p 68: Acrylic wood stabilization - the imortal instrument; also an experimental treatment, gun drill boring a flute blank, preparing wood for stabilization, which wood. [Materials] author: Scott Hirsch
p 75: Stern-Leach - USA, Knight Stern Ltd, UK; suppliers of gold and silver flute tubing. [Materials]
p 76: The intonation of antique flutes; measurement technique, adjustments, one key flutes - replicas Hotteterre Miller No. 428 & Bressan Miller No. 1207 - Cahusac Miller No. 1124 and many others. [Acoustics] author: John W Coltman
p 92: The Straubinger pad for flutes; searching for the perfect pad, design , adjusting. [Maintenance] author: David Straubinger
p 99: How to use a pad oven; saxophones, flutes. [Methods] author: Allied Supply
p 100: Crossword. author: Linda Schaffer
p 102: The New Langwill Index of Musical Wind Instrument Makers and Inventories; preview of double reed inventors. author: William Waterhouse
p 105: Resources for the repair technician; keeping the workshop well stocked. [Maintenance]
p 106: Joints; cork as used for woodwind instruments. [Materials] author: Philip Levin
p 108: Cryptogram. author: Linda Schaffer
p 109: Michael Pagliaro: Everything you should know about musical instruments but didn't have time to learn; with numerous diagrams and drawings - well worth reading. [Report]
p 110: Enlarging hinge tubing. [Tips] author: Allied
p 110: Epoxy fingers. [Tips]
p 110: Small parts storing. [Tips]
p 110: Super smooth wood. [Tips]

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WWQ Nov 1993 # 3

p 4: Editor's Desk; experts for bassoons, woodwind, saxophones; more details on fingering of the Schmidt flute. author: Scott Hirsch
p 6: Low temperature silver solder. [Letters] author: George Jamison
p 6: comment on bassoon refinishing. [Letters] author: George Jamison
p 6: comment on wood treatment. [Letters] author: George Jamison
p 7: enlarging hinge tubing. [Letters] author: George Jamison
p 7: introduce forum topics. [Letters] author: Cynthia Streznewski
p 7: question on the John Coltman article issue #2. [Letters] author: Stuart Horsman
p 9: Superior reeds from "down under" i.e. Australia. author: Don Archer
p 11: The Landell flute tune-up - part 1; an illustrated guide for using the "Landell Flute Tune-up Tool Kit". [Methods] author: Jonathan A. Landell
p 26: Ackerman Answers: a source for "purse" pads on pre-Boehm flutes; not available commercially, guidelines how to make them. [Maintenance] author: Brian Ackerman
p 28: Add silver to flutes - use plater, not metal polish. [Tips] author: Dennis Haney
p 29: Enlarging needle-spring holes. [Tips] author: Brian Ackerman
p 29: Jig for drilling holes in set screws. [Tips] author: Duane Hewson
p 30: Air column shapes for wind instruments - part 2 - basic principles; refining the picture, end correction, cross section & materials effects, bell and mouth pieces, overall air column shape, Helmholtz resonator, formululas. [Acoustics] author: Bart Hopkins
p 45: Loose joint rings. [Tips] author: Brian Ackerman
p 46: Laser technology comes to instrument repair. [Maintenance]
p 47: Chamfer pad seats - chattering toothed chamfering tools. [Tips] author: George Jamison
p 48: The saga of Fox contrabassoon #135. [Maintenance] author: David Smith
p 57: The David Smith collection of woodwind instruments. ; photographs: David Smith
p 62: Patent 3,657,465 1972 USA - improvements to the saxophone. author: Vito Pascucci
p 65: Enigmatical variations in the 20th century clarinet. author: O. Lee Gibson
p 67: Cork tenons. [Tips] author: Brian Ackerman
p 68: Swabs; some tips on use. [Maintenance] author: Daniel Parker
p 72: Pinning and filling cracks; clean, mark, drilling the holes, pinning wire, screwing the wire, snap off, mixing epoxy with dye, masking epoxy, dimple the epoxy. [Maintenance] author: Allied Music
p 75: Keeping water based finishes. [Tips] author: G. Hermiston
p 75: Lubricant in the shop. [Tips] author: Scott Hirsch
p 76: Inexpensive bore sander for wood instruments. [Tips] author: Scott Hirsch
p 76: Keeping track of small instrument parts. [Tips] author: B. Kascoutas
p 76: Sandpaper saver. [Tips] author: J. Croft
p 76: Selecting pad sets. [Tips] author: Scott Hirsch
p 76: Store finishing materials in recycled bottles. [Tips] author: Scott Hirsch
p 77: Finding the center of a circle. [Tips] author: Scott Hirsch
p 77: Lemon oil - a selling aid. [Tips] author: Dale Willis
p 79: Making bassoon bell rings of Corian (Dupont). [Methods] author: Paul Lein; photographs: Paul Lein
p 84: Spraying. [Methods] author: Allied Music
p 85: Tightening loose pillars. [Tips] author: Brian Ackerman
p 86: Patent 3,748,946 1972 - woodwind tenon ring and method. author: Vito Pascucci
p 90: Crossword. author: Linda Schaffer
p 91: Cryptogram. author: Linda Schaffer
p 92: Butternut infection. [News & more]
p 92: Emerson Flute Company moves. [News & more]
p 92: Louis Deveau (Haynes Company) (?-1993). [News & more]
p 94: The Institute for Musical Instrument Technology I.M.I.T.. [News & more]
p 95: Metal tipped tenons. [Tips] author: Brian Ackerman
p 95: Testing pads. [Tips] author: Brian Ackerman
p 96: Identify this instrument. [Tips] author: Daniel Deitch; photographs: Daniel Deitch
p 98: Peter Levin - owner of Levins Historical Instruments Inc.. [Interview]
p 103: Sealing bassoon pads. [Tips] author: Brian Ackerman
p 103: Staining or finishing tone holes. [Tips] author: Jim Bertram

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WWQ Feb 1994 # 4

p 4: Editor's Desk; the business side. author: Scott Hirsch
p 6: Acetone. [Letters]
p 6: Emergency only treatment for sluggish flute keys due to ancient oil. [Letters] author: Katherine Johnson
p 7: Break-ins and oiling for new wood instruments of the clarinet and oboe family. [Letters] author: Katherine Johnson
p 7: Lubricating "desert" instruments. [Letters] author: Katherine Johnson
p 8: Comments on Levin interview issue #3, p.98 in specific oboes from Eichentopf. [Letters] author: Sand Dalton
p 8: Explanation of photo issue #3, p.96. [Letters] author: Daniel Deitch
p 8: additions to articles issues #2 p.32 & #3 p.30. [Letters] author: Bart Hopkins
p 10: The Landell flute tune-up - part 2; an illustrated guide for using the "Landell Flute Tune-up Tool Kit". [Methods] author: Jonathan A. Landell
p 21: Free over-swedged hinge tubing. [Tips] author: Daniel Deitch
p 21: Removing frozen clarinet rods. [Tips] author: Allied Repair
p 21: Replacing Norton sax springs. [Tips] author: Allied Report
p 21: Spot buffing brass. [Tips] author: Allied Repair
p 22: Synthetic lubricants and woodwinds; oxidation stabilily, temperature performance. [Materials] author: Scott Hirsch
p 24: Designing the scale of the Boehm flute intonation; an extended 18 pages article,. [Methods] author: John W Coltman
p 44: Ackerman answers: bassoon pads on oboe, tenon corks, oiling springs, Allied finishing method. [Maintenance] author: Brian Ackerman
p 45: Finishing: a conversation with Chip Owens at Fox Products. [Interview]
p 46: Authenticity; introduction, woods and instrument making now and than, which model to work from, recorder making, fingering systems. [Methods] author: Kanji & Sorel
p 57: Nickel, silver or gold. [Materials] author: Lou Ann Keywood
p 58: Wind instrument toneholes - part 1; placement (4 methods), additional effects of tonehole size and thickness, formulas. [Methods] author: Bart Hopkins
p 73: S.C. Hamilton: The Irish Flute Player's Handbook. [Report] author: Scott Hirsch
p 74: Column for woodwind instruments; make old sax playable; unwanted vibrations in clarinet key. [Maintenance] authors: Emilio Lyons, Paul Wagner
p 77: LeBlanc mouthpieces; Ferree parts; the New Langwill Index; Lignomats meters; Rio Grande catalog; Korg AT-1AC tuner; Sax pads. [News & more]
p 80: Cork; harvesting the cork tree, working, instrument grade, cork vs synthetics, price. [Materials] author: Scott Hirsch
p 89: Determining buff lathe RPM or pulley size. [Tips] author: Allied Supply
p 89: Over buffing. [Tips] author: Allied Supply
p 89: Buffing equipment. [Workshop] author: Allied Supplies
p 90: Selling your skills - part 1; marketing music in the 90's. author: David M Laws
p 107: Cannin wax for cork tenons. [Tips] author: Boris Bosheff
p 107: Finishing instrument end off the lathe. [Tips] author: Jim Bertram
p 108: Crossword. author: Linda Schaffer
p 109: Cryptogram. author: Linda Schaffer

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WWQ May 1994 # 5

p 4: Editor's Desk; including a visit to Rod Cameron, flutemaker. author: Scott Hirsch
p 7: A warning about the use of Silversmith silver plating polish. [Letters] author: Daniel Dolan
p 8: Climatic variations and its effects on wooden instruments in de USA [in the 90's]; with a reply from Brian Ackerman. [Letters] author: George Jamison
p 11: Collections of musical instruments; a list of sources for purchasing instrument plans. [Materials]
p 12: Forum: Certification of repairmen and unions; reactions.
p 13: Instrument kits - big business; the Early Music Shop. [Materials] author: Scott Hirsch
p 14: Wind instrument toneholes - part 2; register holes, toneholes for vessel flutes, making holes, hole shaping & placement, seeking leaks, hole rims & keypads, keying system. [Methods] author: Bart Hopkins
p 26: Bassoon; on finishing the wood. author: Chip Owen
p 30: Selling your skills - part 2 - marketing tactics; advertising, communications, promotions. author: David M Laws
p 46: Another approach to crack pinning; more modern materials. [Maintenance] author: Robert Hubbard
p 53: Pad cup heater. [Methods] author: Votaw
p 54: Silver plating products. [Methods] author: Scott Hirsch
p 55: Repairing tenon sockets. [Tips] author: Daniel Deitch
p 56: Ackerman Answers: bassoon finishing, mildew, repairing pewter plugs. [Maintenance] author: Brian Ackerman
p 59: Flute: a key wobble. [Tips] author: Allied Repair
p 60: Cork vs skin pads. [Methods] author: Paul Laubin
p 64: The Irish Uilleann pipes; a bagpipe type, description and construction, boring & reaming, D-bit reamers, preliminary & finish turning, keys, voicing. [Methods] author: Kirk Lynch
p 77: Column for woodwind instruments; oiling a clarinet; maintenance of a Vito double B-flat contrabass clarinet; soft/hard pads on a flute; fixing loose rings on clarinet; pad material. [Maintenance] authors: Emilio Lyons, Paul Wagner
p 80: Scaling and making new joints for recorders; Stanesby & Steenbergen, bore measurements, tips, about the fingering, new middle joint in a lower pitch, hole positions on new joint, result of A-415 joint. [Methods] author: Jan Bouterse
p 92: Ceramic recorders based on Stanesby Jr and Bressan (by Marco Piga). [News & more]
p 94: A conversation with Rod Cameron; on the lathe with Rod Cameron [note: the article ends abruptly in the middle of a sentence]. [Methods] author: Scott Hirsch
p 102: Crossword. author: Linda Schaffer
p 103: Adjusting cork for thickness. [Tips] author: Dan Parker
p 103: Bulk cork grease. [Tips] author: Jim Bertram
p 103: Fitting a cork in a head joint, the half way measure. [Tips] author: Jim Bertram
p 104: Tula Giannini: Great Flute Makers of France 1650-1900 - the Lot and Godfroy Families. [Report] author: Paul White
p 105: David Hogan Smith: Reed Design for Early Woodwinds. [Report] author: Paul White
p 106: Kid leather vs cork. [Tips] author: Dan Parker
p 106: Sealing and stiffing pads with cyanoacrylate CA adhesives. [Tips] author: Dan Parker

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WWQ Aug 1994 # 6

p 4: Editor's Desk; spelling of uillean or uileann or uileanne [searching for "uilean" will hit all]. author: Scott Hirsch
p 7: "The Flute" by Rockstro is out of print, even at Dover. [Letters] author: Stuart Horsman
p 7: Cork vs skin pads. [Letters] author: Ed Weaver
p 8: Another source of plans - "Haags Gemeentemuseum". [Letters] author: Bart Hopkins
p 8: The pastoral bagpipe. [Letters] author: Sam Grier
p 10: Update on the "Ganassi" recorder - organology notes; Fontegara, Bob Marvin, Fred Morgan, with references and notes. author: Angelo Zaniol
p 20: Ultrasonic cleaning for woodwind and brass instruments; how it works, how it is used, choosing a unit, needed equipment. [Tools] author: Michel Gohier
p 26: Three generations of Rigoutat oboes; interview with Philippe, Roland, and Claude Rigourat, 9 November 1992. [Interview] author: Nora Post
p 41: Cleaning dirty clarinet tone holes. [Tips] author: Michel Gohier
p 41: Feeler gauge with cassette tape. [Tips] author: Dan Parker
p 41: Longer lasting clarinet pads. [Tips] author: Michel Gohier
p 41: Removing tartar from tone holes. [Tips] author: Michel Gohier
p 41: Silver solder holder. [Tips] author: Allied Repair
p 42: #2330 Woodwind Work Fixture from Votaw Tool Company. [Tools]
p 44: Grenadilla wood and the environment - following presentatations from NAPBIRT 1994; introduction, dry climate dilemma, standard bore oils, an organic system, an organic answer, vegetable oils, tests; clarinet listening tests. [Methods] author: Larry Naylor
p 62: Column for woodwind instruments; best saxophone?, loose posts low E key, repair stuck joints, modify lip plate, cleaning the flute, cracked clarinet barrel joint. [Maintenance] authors: Emilio Lyons, Paul Wagner
p 65: Filling screw holes with plugs. [Tips] author: Chip Owen
p 66: Reaming tapered bores and making joint mortises for the recorder. [Methods] author: Luke Goembel
p 71: Patent 1,119,954 USA, 1915 - Integral tone holes and other improvements to woodwind instruments. author: Williams S Haynes
p 74: Carnauba on leather pads. [Tips] author: Michel Gohier
p 74: Smoke test for leaky pads. [Tips] author: Chris White
p 74: Super glue (CA) applicator. [Tips] author: Tim Weasel
p 74: Water build up in tone holes. [Tips] author: Michel Gohier
p 75: Aulos Recorders. [News & more]
p 76: Jupiter Winds - a new factory. [News & more]
p 76: Northumbrian Pipes Convention. [News & more]
p 78: Engraving with Rod Cameron; building a flute ring, making a stamp, gilding with gold, stippling. [Methods] author: Scott Hirsch; photographs: Scott Hirsch
p 86: NAPBIRT's Annual International Conference - "Technical Attitude 1994"; a report. author: David M Laws
p 98: Crossword. author: Linda Schaffer
p 99: Cryptogram. [Tools] author: Linda Schaffer
p 100: Bruce Hoadly: Identifying Wood - accurate results with simple tools. [Report] author: Scott Hirsch
p 100: Piet van Wyk: Southern African Trees - a photographic guide. [Report] author: Scott Hirsch

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WWQ Nov 1994 # 7

p 4: Editor's Desk; NAMIT defunct; computers. author: Scott Hirsch
p 6: A recipe for homemade wood filler. [Tips] author: T. Parker
p 6: Crack repair. [Tips] author: Dennis Dahm
p 6: Cracked pin hole filler. [Tips] author: George Jameson
p 7: Repair and maintenance issues. [Letters] author: George Jameson
p 7: remarks and questions about oboe and English horn. [Letters] author: Paul Price
p 8: Bore diameter; various authors on the question of schrinking or enlarging bores when drying [definitively, they shrink which lowers the pitch as well]]. [Letters] authors: Joshua Proschan, Clark Forbes, Cary Karp, Dana Emery
p 8: Comments concerning his own article in issue #6, p.44. [Letters] author: Larry T Naylor
p 12: Another angle at pinning cracks. [Letters] author: Mario Marcone
p 12: Bore oil. [Letters] author: Ronn Boyd
p 12: Building a barock oboe - having troubles. [Letters] author: Harold Zintel
p 13: Plastic vs cane drone reeds. [Letters] author: David Scott
p 14: A superfast reed making method with auto-shoulder option. [Methods] author: Mark Popkin
p 16: Talking with Sandy Drelinger; maker of head joints. [Interview] author: Scott Hirsch
p 30: Ackerman answers: refacing a clarinet mouthpiece, classical vs modern clarinets,. [Maintenance] author: Brian Ackerman
p 32: Making the American Indian flute. [Methods] author: Harry Brown
p 50: Solderless post tie; process, tooling, materials, sizes, variations. [Methods] author: George Jameson
p 52: "Tune or die" - an acoustic perspective for technicians. [Acoustics]
p 54: Lark in the morning. author: Scott Hirsch
p 57: Column for woodwind instruments; leak testing, saxophone F# out of tune, loose end plug on flute, is pinning a crack a correct option, what solder. [Maintenance] authors: Emilio Lyons, Paul Wagner
p 60: New designs and materials in oboe manufacture - a panel discussion presented at Oboe Blow-Out, New York June 1994. [Report] author: Nora Post
p 71: Cork grease - filet mignon recipe. [Tips] author: Gene Hilliard
p 71: Don't squeeze the pad. [Tips] author: Henrie DePrie
p 71: Muffling a fipple flute. [Tips] author: Mario Daigle
p 72: Achieving inner peace through the fipple flute. author: Mario Daigle
p 74: Technical drawings of musical instruments - on microfiche from the Haags Geeentemuseum. [News & more]
p 76: Booster pads for low woodwinds - why not. [Methods] author: Peter Grenier
p 80: Creating quality - the new American revolution; history, W Edwards Deming, Harley-Davidson, what produces quality, 14 points management transformation, statistical process control, bibliography. author: David Laws
p 99: Making a renaissance style flute; wood choice, drilling the blank, fingerholes, tuning, playing. [Methods] author: Scott Hirsch
p 104: Crossword. author: Linda Schaffer
p 105: Cryptogram. author: Linda Schaffer
p 106: A quick loose key fix. [Tips] author: Chris Bell
p 106: Loose key fix - a different approach. [Tips] author: George Jameson
p 106: Repairing split saxophone necks. [Tips] author: Pat Kramer

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WWQ Feb 1995 # 8

p 4: Editor's Desk; customer service. author: Scott Hirsch
p 6: Making PVC woodwind instruments - various types. [Letters] author: Dennis Murphy
p 7: Conservation questions from a repair technician; concerning an old 13-key ivory/wooden flute. [Letters] author: Steve Fowler
p 7: Some negative acoustic effects of "booster pads" - comments on article in issue #7 p.76. [Letters] author: John Coltman
p 8: Addendum and praise for Ganassi article by Angelo Zaniol issue #6 p.10. [Letters] author: Alec V. Loretto
p 8: Looking for information about Dall Fields and George Booke bassoonists active end 30's, begin 40's. [Letters] author: Edwin Lacy
p 9: Swedish bagpipes. [Letters] author: Peter Lloyd Muraregatan
p 9: Synthetic reeds - grant money wanted. [Letters] author: Arthur Grossman
p 10: Coloring boxwood. [Letters] author: Pebbe Sebelstrom
p 10: Ex-counterfeiters are very good engravers. [Letters] author: John Angus
p 10: How to "stabilize" a wooden out-of-tune bassoon - with reply from Frank Jordan. [Letters] author: Holden McAleer
p 11: Reed research - information request. [Letters] author: Jean-Marc Larsen
p 11: Stinking oboe. [Letters] author: Roberta Taylor
p 12: Lathe talk - Myford, Emco. [Letters] author: Peter Wiley
p 12: comments on tips on removing key-play in saxophone. [Letters] author: Doug McDonnel
p 13: answering letter from Doug McDonnel in issue #8 p.12. [Letters] author: David Laws
p 14: Pennywhistle. [Methods] author: the Thin Weasel
p 18: Media relations. author: Carol Brzozowski-Gardenr
p 20: Fine tuning Vito clarinets; mouthpieces, deburring toneholes, tuning process, fundamental register, 2nd & 3rd register, other bell, undercutting toneholes. [Methods] author: Richard Bush
p 28: Where have all the Ganassi recorders gone?; surviving music, paintings & drawings, writings. author: Alec V Loretto
p 34: Ackerman answers: maintenance old metal used for keys (german-silver), effect undercutting toneholes. [Maintenance] author: Brian Ackerman
p 35: Lighting for the repair shop. [Tips] author: Jim Brandon
p 35: Tungoil vs linseed oil. [Tips] author: Scott Wilke
p 36: Forum: on ivory substitutes.
p 40: The reinvention of the simple system flute. author: S C Hamilton
p 45: Bore oil for bassoons. [Tips] author: Barry Taylor
p 45: Harmonica rees - how to clean. [Tips] author: Mike Mead
p 45: Silver solder. [Tips] author: Casey Burns
p 46: Gundrills, a buyer's guide; new designs, detachable head gun drills, resharpening. [Tools] author: Scott Hirsch
p 52: Boeshield To9 protection from PMS Products; E-Z Burr (deburring and chamfers); tenon cork stripper. [Tools] author: Toolchest
p 54: Whine, whine, whine: handling complaints professionally; how to complain, fielding, conflict = opportunity, change the system - not the process,. author: David Laws
p 58: Making a recorder; introduction, preparing blanks, adding rings, boring mortises, tuning, thumb hole, cork joints, the bore, windway, sanding, mouthpiece, finishing. [Methods] author: Luke Goembel
p 84: Some "sound" advise - part 1; vibrational qualifiers, tonal qualifiers, sound intensities. [Acoustics] author: Gene Beckwith
p 90: Column for woodwind instruments; leaking [again], adjusting in springs saxophone and what material are they. [Maintenance] authors: Emilio Lyons, Paul Wagner
p 94: A-440 and other matters. author: Alec V Loretto
p 97: Bagpipe leather. [Tips] author: Casey Burns
p 97: High speed reamer technique. [Tips] author: Casey Burns
p 97: Leather flapper valves and stock cracks. [Tips] author: R Odlin
p 98: Expanding head joints and solder tip. [Tips] author: Michael Fischler

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WWQ May 1995 # 9

p 4: Editor's Desk; LeBlanc marketing, ivory. author: Scott Hirsch
p 6: Ivory subtitutes. [Letters] author: Bill Currier
p 6: Mystery photo - it is called a Sheng/Sho/Saenghwang/Kaen/Kane/Khaen/ according to various writers. [Letters] authors: Debbie Suran, David Dyer, Mary Snyder, Mike Potter, Sam Rhodes
p 7: Boning wood. [Letters] author: Mark Polczynski
p 7: Computers in business. [Letters] author: John E Edfors
p 7: Mouthpiece kits. [Letters] author: Michael Durocher
p 8: Out of tune. [Letters] author: Gerd Pöllitsch
p 8: PVC instruments. [Letters] author: Dennis Murphy
p 9: Corian and Avinite. [Letters] author: Jim Oitzinger
p 9: Problems with the high A; with reply by Clark W Fobes. [Letters] author: Robert
p 9: Wood dust; with remarks from Scott Hirsch. [Letters] author: John Timby
p 10: Valve oils vs performance; an extended article: introduction, speed & endurance, sticking valves, corrosion, conclusions, selecting next bottle of piston oil. [Letters] author: David Holloway
p 11: Secrets of the flute. [Letters] author: Peter Riley
p 13: Reject all ivory-colored material; with a reply from Alden Hackman. [Letters] author: Patrick
p 14: On "Fine tuning Vito clarinets" issue #8 p.20. [Letters] author: Pat Hiatt
p 14: Tip on screws. [Letters] author: N J Smale
p 15: Crack warrantee; with a reply from Clark Fobes. [Letters] author: Tom Ascher
p 17: Oboe reed protection cover. [Letters] author: Jaded Flute
p 18: Restoring an old flute; comments to a letter from Steve Fowler issue #8, p.7 - the head, the ivory, key cups, plating. [Methods] author: David Smith
p 21: drawing missing to the pennywhistle article in issue #8 p14. [Methods] author: Thin Weasel
p 22: Some "sound" advise - part 2; the significance of music, development of the scale, tuning & temperament. [Acoustics] author: Gene Beckwith
p 26: Improving your estimates: theory and practice of intelligent job estimation; components, computation, presentation, close. author: David Laws
p 38: Recorder bore measurement; what to measure, how to measure. [Methods] author: Alec V Loretto
p 42: Using modified telescopic bore gauges for recorder bore measureming. [Methods] author: Alec V Loretto
p 44: Arthur H Benade (1925-1987); the making of a musical acoustics researcher, theorist, and teacher. author: Virginia Benade
p 53: The sax - an inside story; 2 different types of saxophones, how conical is a sax, the standing wave, choosing a horn. author: Jim Gebler
p 58: Thanks to Prez for the clarinet today - musings of a vintage woodwind player. author: Bob Ackerman
p 63: Column for woodwind instruments; sticking G# key on alto sax, general maintenance of sax, replacing a pad on a sax. [Maintenance] authors: Emilio Lyons, Paul Wagner
p 66: A case for humidifiers. [Maintenance] author: Doug Matthews
p 67: Patent 5,000,072, USA, 1991 - PRAG positive radial alignment guide - for clarinets. author: Vito Pascucci
p 70: Acid staining with Rod Cameron; speckling, preparing the acid stain, neutralizing the stain, making an oil bath, lightening up. [Methods] author: Scott Hirsch
p 74: A primer for acid wood staining; the wood, the acid, the staining, the color, speckling, neutralizing. [Methods] author: Raymond Dessy
p 79: Toolchest: undercutting tools (Ferree's); solder plus (ESP Inc); Dr Dan's instruments maintenance videos; Carbitron 300; Titan borescope. [Materials]
p 82: The Mail Bag: disappearing black color from clarinet mouthpiece; wrong repair of a crack. [Maintenance] author: Larry McCoy
p 84: Ruminations of a maker. author: Bob Marvin
p 86: A homemade gundrill. author: Dan Noonan
p 89: Making a pendant ocarina; selecting the woods, hollowing out the body, waterproofing, tone holes, cutting windway, lip & mouth, binding, cutting the channel, gluing, shaping, finishing. [Methods] author: Scott Hirsch
p 101: Making a whisper chanter. [Tips] author: David Niethamer
p 102: Loose teflon tape (bagpipes). [Tips] author: Charles A Haynes
p 102: Water trap. [Tips] author: John Rae
p 103: Lighting for the repair shop. [Tips] author: Jim Brandon
p 103: Tungoil vs linseed oil. [Tips] author: Scott Wilke
p 107: Forum on watertraps. [Report] author: Brian D Yates

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WWQ Aug 1995 # 10

p 4: Editor's Desk; no book reviews any more. author: Scott Hirsch
p 6: Canadian customs - not for pipers!. [Letters] author: Jim Stewart
p 6: Complimentary. [Letters] author: Doug MacDonnell
p 6: Low pitch sax. [Letters] author: Roy Child
p 7: Oboe reed cover and rules for storing. [Letters] author: Robert Hubbard
p 7: Scale of condition of instruments. [Letters] author: Stuart-Morgan Vance
p 7: Store a clarinet together?. [Letters] author: Donald Kinghorn
p 8: Bassoon support. [Letters] author: Wes Brown
p 9: The design of a 19th century flute reproduction; obectives, prior art, functional description of design, physical description, potential variations, alternatives. [Methods] author: John Edfors
p 12: More on nitric acid staining; more facts, step-by-step account of Swayne's procedure. [Methods] author: Raymond Dessy
p 15: Turning a negative into a positive; marketing. author: Scott Hirsch
p 16: To restore old wind instruments or not?. author: David Smith
p 19: Removing a stubborn pivot screw. [Tips] author: Ron Coelho
p 19: Sax maintenance. [Tips] author: Brian Case
p 20: Buried bassoons: digging up a good story; restoration begins. authors: Paul Lein, Janet Lein
p 25: Ackerman answers: remove a sticking bagpipe chanter; cleaning old pipes; removing a bad repair action on a pad. [Maintenance] author: Brian Ackerman
p 28: The internet - should you be there; an [obsolete] evaluation with various internet groups listed [in 1995]. author: Scott Hirsch
p 34: Those pesky wedge pins. [Methods] author: Langdon G Nevens
p 36: Recorder making at Moeck; introduction, arriving, tons of wood, making a student model soprano, back in the U.S.. [Report] author: Luke Goempel; photographs: Luke Goempel
p 59: Make your own waxed hemp. [Tips]
p 59: The secret of making your own wood stains for bassoons or other woodwinds. [Tips] author: Scott Hirsch
p 59: Yamaha swabs. [Tips] author: Brent Hammon
p 60: Adjusting spring tension on the clarinet. [Methods] author: Richard Bush
p 64: Some "sound" advise - part 3 (finale); harmonic series, consonance & dissonance, combination tones, chorus effect, formants, a cultural history. [Acoustics] author: Gene Beckwith
p 68: Diagnosing woodwind bores - part 1; bore work realism, what is bore work, the customer, styles of diagnosis, exercises #1. [Maintenance] author: Jim Gebler
p 75: Column for woodwind instruments; which reed for testing a repair; tightness of key rods; removing the Varitone attachment on a sax; emergency tools; what makess a good/bad horn. [Maintenance] authors: Emilio Lyons, Paul Wagner
p 78: Easy and accurate bore diameter measurement; design a fork, sensor tube clasp, software to measure, accuracy better than 0.1 mm. [Methods] author: Martin Spang-Thomsen
p 83: Bagpipe makers resource guide. [Materials] author: Scott Hirsch
p 89: Please don't fix my instrument; wtach out for the fixers. [Maintenance] author: Larry McCoy
p 92: Pat Cooperman - friend to fifers and bastion against losing our martial music heritage - part 1; fife, nomenclature, bore & characteristics, appearance & keywork, Cooperman Fife .. Co, Melody Flute Co, Ferrary Flute, Crosby fife, Sweethaert Co, Cloos Co. [Report] author: Lloyd P Farrar
p 100: Preventing burnout - avoiding technician's syndrome; causes, symptoms, prevention & cure, conclusion. author: David Laws

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WWQ Dec 1995 # 11

p 4: Editor's Desk; issues will be titled "Spring - Summer - Autumn - Winter" [but for the indexer this will be "Mar - Jun - Sep - Dec" respectively]. author: Scott Hirsch
p 5: Leblanc factory visit. [Letters] author: Luuk van Buul
p 5: Problems and pricing outside the U.S.A. concerning Allied Supply Corp. and Ferree's Tools. [Letters] author: David Smith
p 6: Scott's staining tip in issue #10, p.59. [Letters] author: Pat Hiatt
p 7: a reply ; Refinishing a Selmer Signet wood clarinet. [Letters] author: Selmer
p 7: pigment, binder, carrier, dyes, staining dyes. [Letters] author: Scott Hirsch
p 9: Bassoon support. [Letters] author: Roy V Childs
p 9: Ocarina. [Letters] author: Mark Polczynski
p 9: Relacquering and misc. [Letters] author: J Dumars
p 10: Customer relations problems - with an extensive reply by Gabriel Lyontis. [Letters] author: Ellis Wean
p 11: Building an end blown flute. [Letters] author: Roland Shambry
p 11: Tuning is a relative term. [Letters] author: Matthew Peaceman
p 12: Simple-system flutes. [Letters] author: Rick Wilson
p 13: Vintage instrument info wanted. [Letters] author: Margaret Downie Banks
p 14: A flutemaker's description of his work, workshop, and methods. [Letters] author: Chris Wilkes; photographs: Chris Wilkes
p 16: Great Highland bagpipes. [Letters] author: Paul Gretton
p 17: Column for woodwind instruments; how to find leaks & to fix them;. [Maintenance] authors: Emilio Lyons, Paul Wagner
p 20: Wood, oil, and water; basic chemistry, the wood, cellulose, lignin, hemicellulose, composite, oil & wax, (wood-woodwinds-oils) & water, drying oils and much more!. [Materials] authors: Raymond Dessy, Lee Dessy
p 38: The 1995 ISC Conventions. [Report] ; photographs: Muncy Woodwinds
p 40: Aspects of clarinet/saxophone mouthpiece design - adjustment and repair for the generalist repair technician; materials used, designing a superior mouthpiece, repair techniques. [Maintenance] author: William Turnidge
p 48: Diagnosing woodwind bores - part 2 - thinking acousically; the harmonic series, 3 ideal bore shapes, real world, tone hole patterns, registers, little bugles, harmonic wave behaviour, bore tendencies, using inserts. [Maintenance] author: Jim Gebler
p 60: "Resonance" - a computer tool for the woodwind designer. [Methods] author: Philippe Bolton
p 62: The legacy of Pan; panflute, origin, using bamboo, binding, playing. author: Lew Paxton Price
p 68: Column bassoon repair; replating; adding water tubes; maintaining a basson in hibernation. [Maintenance] author: Chip Owen
p 73: Making double reeds for early woodwind instruments - part 1; introduction, types of reeds, tools-supplies-equipment, profiling the cane, folding & shaping the cane, the 1st wire wrap, cane tube, other wraps, staple. [Methods] author: Keith Loraine
p 84: The American fife and its makers - part 2 - a historical examination; preface, acknowledgements, index of brandmarks, characteristics of earlier fifes. author: Lloyd P Farrar
p 97: Didjeridoo - didgeribone; design, mouthpiecs, PVC couplers, Bray's approach at digi's,. [Methods] author: Scott Hirsch and others
p 104: Column the Mail Bag; swabbing the mouthpiece; key polishing; cork pads on a clarinet; chip in a mouthpiece. [Maintenance] author: Larry McCoy
p 106: Grow your business smaller. author: David Laws
p 112: Acid staining - more remarks; the process, neutralizing, staining on historical instruments. [Methods] author: Jan Bouterse

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WWQ Mar 1996 # 12

p 4: Editor's Desk; honesty in business, a dictionary of woodwinds. author: Scott Hirsch
p 5: A letter to Selmer about quality. [Letters] author: James A Glinchey
p 5: What is the best pad glue?. [Letters] author: Chris Arent
p 6: Refinishing a Selmer clarinet - a response. [Letters] author: Pat Hiatt
p 6: Cleaning and oiling; wood instruments: bore & tonenholes, outside treatment, oiling; grenadilla wood; silver plated instruments, metal cleaning, nickel plated instruments. [Maintenance] author: Gene Beckwith
p 12: Consumer relations - part 1; business ethics, consumer confidence, appearance of workshop, quality work, stick to promises. author: Lars Kirmser
p 20: Wood, oil, and water - responses to reader questions; Bob Marvin, John Martin, Jim Petersen, David Rowel, Paul Coleman and others. [Materials] authors: Raymond Dessy, Lee Dessy
p 26: Headjoint and flutemaker. author: David Chu
p 28: Windways utilizing a metal band. author: Dennis Murphy
p 30: The perception of value. author: David Laws
p 36: The Clarke pennywhistle; a history of the Clarke Pennywhistle Company. author: Norman Dannatt
p 45: Bagpipe pitches. [Acoustics] author: Michael MacHarg
p 46: Diagnosing woodwind bores - part 3 - getting to work. [Maintenance] author: Jim Gebler
p 62: Column for woodwind instruments; to repair or not; gurgle or flutter problems. [Maintenance] authors: Emilio Lyons, Paul Wagner
p 64: Making double reeds for early woodwind instruments - part 2; width, tip, the reed tube, scraping, adjusting, tuning the reed to your instrument. [Methods] author: Keith Loraine
p 76: The American fife and its makers - part 3 - a historical examination - part 3; index of brandmarks, conclusions. author: Lloyd P Farrar
p 92: Fife making. [Methods] author: Skip Healy
p 98: Designing pre-baroque recorders. author: Bob Marvin
p 102: Methods for waxing hemp; hot & cold application. author: Scott Hirsch
p 106: Column bassoon repair; sealing pads, wax around toneholes for sealing, transport in aeroplane at freezing temperatures, effects of lining the foot joint, frequency of oiling. [Maintenance] author: Chip Owen
p 111: Patent watch - novel arrangement for key shaft. author: Scott Hirsch
p 112: Undercutting toneholes. author: Alec V Loretto
p 117: Index of issues #1 to #12.

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WWQ Jun 1996 # 13

p 4: Editor's Desk; mailing costs, Music Guild. author: Scott Hirsch
p 6: many. [Letters]
p 14: Get in close!; use headband binoculars. author: David Smith
p 16: Bits and pieces; marketing myths. author: David Laws
p 19: Marketing magic. author: Wilson Mizner
p 25: Creative improvement in a ridged market; Clifford Ellsworth - clarinetist, inventor. author: Scott Hirsch
p 30: Column for woodwind instruments; a bent saxophone. [Maintenance] authors: Emilio Lyons, Paul Wagner
p 33: Ebony - properties.
p 34: Woodwind instruments at the 1996 Frankfurt Music Fair. author: David Ross
p 40: The Wee Piper Column. author: Michael MacHarg
p 44: Survival tips when putting your business on the Web. author: Scott Hirsch
p 52: Looking ahead in the world of oboe manufacturing; Oboe blow-out Portland, panel discussion, December 16, 1995. author: Nora Post
p 64: Making double reeds for early woodwind instruments - part 3; corrective adjustments, fine tuning,. [Methods] author: Keith Loraine
p 70: Determining the step size of a recorder. author: Alec V. Loretto
p 72: Grandfather of all woodwinds. author: Lew Paxton Price
p 80: The Influence of mode spacing on the sounds of the early flute. author: John Coltman
p 88: Clarinet keywork; soldering, brazing. author: Gene Beckwith

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WWQ Sep 1996 # 14

p 4: Editor's Desk; the old editor Scott Hirsch stops and hands over to the new editor Lars Kirmser. authors: Scott Hirsch, Lars Kirmser
p 5: many. [Letters]
p 16: The 15 commandments of woodwind pad installation. author: Lars Kirmser
p 20: Consumer relations - part 2; handling complaints. author: Lars Kirmser
p 26: Making double reeds for early woodwind instruments - part 4; fine tuning. [Methods] author: Keith Loraine
p 32: Shop notes on the baroque flute; tapered reamer, operational steps (62). author: John Edfors
p 48: Properties of woodwind instrument bores. author: John Coltman
p 52: Properties with a-440Hz. author: Alec V. Loretto
p 56: Undercutters for tone holes in woodwind instruments. author: Dan Noonan
p 62: The IAMISE proposal; the International Association of Musical Instrument Service Excellence. author: Lars Kirmser
p 66: Selecting plastic for woodwinds. author: Mark Polcynski
p 72: New and used oboe break-in. author: Judy Dietz
p 74: Japanese knives & chisels; an instrument maker's tool. author: Philippe Bolton
p 76: Cultural and traditional instruments. author: Angel Sampedro del Rio
p 82: Repat customers - the vital business asset. author: Jim Cathcart
p 84: Historical flute maintenance - part 1. author: Rod Cameron

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