Below is my list of links to web sites of Forums and 'Stocking fillers'.
Forums
http://www.doublereed.org/IDRSBBS/viewforum.php?id=7 The International Double Reed Society's forum is now open to non-members. Wide ranging list of topics.
http://www.8notes.com/f/forum28.asp Mostly keen amateur bassoonists.
http://www.8notes.com/ forum, metronome, manuscript paper etc.
http://www.contrabass.com/ Something here for all contra enthusiasts.
http://t.webring.com/hub?ring=doublereed/ loads of links here - some more interesting than others.
http://www.canit.se/~chrisdav/index.html/ Christian Davidsson's web site (Royal Opera Stockholm). There's a chat room and a bulletin board here as well as a useful discoghraphy. Also a page on reed adjusting.
Stocking fillers (Presents for the bassoonist who has everything)
http://www.crispinscreations.com/ sells a silver pendant looking like a heart made from two scaled-down bassoon crooks. Also a silver broken bassoon reed pendant and bassoon bell joint ear-rings. On his e-bay store, he also sells bassoon accessories (e.g. an ultra-sonic reed cleaner).
http://www.ellistrations.com/ sells bassoon T-shirts, baseball caps etc.. It's an American site with some amusing pictures. They also have a blog: http://ellistrations.blogspot.com/.
http://www.cafepress.com/buy/bassoon/ mugs etc.
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/dezineshop_Woodwind_Bassoon-Contra-Bassoon_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ1028430QQftidZ2QQtZkm mostly t-shirts.
http://www.shcweb.co.uk/eshop/ Magnetic pencils to stick to your music stand with 'I love my bassoon' printed on them. Also keyrings and fridge magnets.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gregsonknives/ Pens and pencils made from Arondo Donax (reed cane).
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