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
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]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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