Comments on: Wheatstone, his Sighing Reed… and the Great Regondi http://speechification.com/2007/11/28/wheatstone-his-sighing-reed-and-the-great-regondi/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:50:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: steve http://speechification.com/2007/11/28/wheatstone-his-sighing-reed-and-the-great-regondi/#comment-117 steve Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:55:53 +0000 http://speechification.com/2007/11/28/wheatstone-his-sighing-reed-and-the-great-regondi/#comment-117 Thanks for your comment. Good stuff. I've got one or two other musical instrument shows in the archive here at Speechification Central. One about the Mellotron, for instance (although I know that's not strictly a 'free reed instrument'!). Thanks for your comment. Good stuff. I’ve got one or two other musical instrument shows in the archive here at Speechification Central. One about the Mellotron, for instance (although I know that’s not strictly a ‘free reed instrument’!).

]]> By: wooster http://speechification.com/2007/11/28/wheatstone-his-sighing-reed-and-the-great-regondi/#comment-49 wooster Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:24:52 +0000 http://speechification.com/2007/11/28/wheatstone-his-sighing-reed-and-the-great-regondi/#comment-49 It seems like the 19th century, with intensification in the second half, was a boom time for many instrument groups, not just free reeds. Apart from modifications to older wind instruments (piston valves on trumpets, rotary and/or piston valves on horns, better key systems for older woodwinds), there was a profusion of new instruments. Saxhorns, saxophone, euphonium, tuba, Wagner tubas, etc. I'm sure there was a lot of instrument design, improvement, and modification after the "settling in" of the standard instrument collection (violin family, piano, organ, and some others), but there certainly was a profusion of instrument madness in the 19th century. There's some instruments and modifications that are commonplace now, and a lot of wacky instruments that we can only marvel at. Thanks for the concertina program, I can't wait ot hear it now. It seems like the 19th century, with intensification in the second half, was a boom time for many instrument groups, not just free reeds. Apart from modifications to older wind instruments (piston valves on trumpets, rotary and/or piston valves on horns, better key systems for older woodwinds), there was a profusion of new instruments. Saxhorns, saxophone, euphonium, tuba, Wagner tubas, etc.

I’m sure there was a lot of instrument design, improvement, and modification after the “settling in” of the standard instrument collection (violin family, piano, organ, and some others), but there certainly was a profusion of instrument madness in the 19th century. There’s some instruments and modifications that are commonplace now, and a lot of wacky instruments that we can only marvel at.

Thanks for the concertina program, I can’t wait ot hear it now.

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