If money was not an issue what instrument(s) would be on your wish list? For me it would be a baroque bassoon and a fabulous sub-contrabass recorder in rosewood!

I have all the instruments I need/want, so my dearest wish would be to have fingers which actually did what I wanted them to do in fast passagework, and eyes which worked properly.......

Nice thought!!
probably a baritone sax....

or some of the intangibles/unpurchasables as jo mentions!

A nice set of good wooden recorders to start with...

Baritone sax, Alto Sax (selmer mark 2 with matt finish), Selmer Bass Clarinet down to low C, a new clarinet and a grand piano.

Nice one!

I'd like a great bass recorder, an oboe and a cor anglais.

I'd like a nice (Kung?) great bass recorder - I do have one but it is rather inadequate...

W

A grand piano and somewhere to put it.
(Sorry, I know it's not woodwind....)

A pair of Peter Eaton clarinets, and a lovely wooden Eb clarinet of my own.

a 5000 pound oboe and 100 reeds
also a bassoon

More clarinets!

but aside from that....

Some nice wooden recorders, and some sort of bass recorder; maybe some other early wind instruments (crumhorns and the like).

I'd also like to buy a new flute at some stage.

And some non-woodwind instruments.



My word, that's a heavy oboe!

(sorry oboe angel....)

Ooh, I forgot about a chalumeau. That would be very cool as well!

A Miyazawa sterling silver handmade flute with a solid silver mancke headjoint with grenadilla lip plate and platinum riser.

Have you played a Mk 2? The Reference 54 is a lovely instrument! Go for both of them, one for Saturdays and one for Sundays...?

I didn't get chance to play the reference, as I couldn't see one on the the stall. Although I still prefer my Yamaha 275 lol

a set of handbuilt wooden recorders at a'=415Hz, another at a'=440, or maybe 442, since that way I'd not be so vulnerable to cold recorder syndrome....
a treble and descant pair of renaissance recorders.
a baroque oboe and the instructions to make reeds for it.

and in desert island disc style - if all but one got washed away, I'd want to keep the 415 treble...

Me too! But add £10,000 worth of gift vouchers from musicroom.com to that!

i want a grand piano! and a clarinet:)

a violin and a grand piano... ooops! they're both not woodwind... came to the wrong one...

Sh@r0n

a top of the range pre-war heckel, with top quality handmade crooks, fitted with:

high D, Eb, E & F keys - also read somewhere that someone's got a high G key so I want one of those too
Ab-Bb trill
right hand crook lock, and a left little finger crook key
the A speaker key have a bridge to the crook lock
an alternate bell with a low A extension
left thumb alternate low C#/Eb keys
front Bb key on right hand pinky so it's actually useful
rollers on everything

also the full top of the range kit for making and adjusting reeds and a large piece of land in the mediterrainian to grow top quality cane. and some workers to harvest it of course

i hadn't really thought about this before

Yeah - I;m with Lizzie - I;d love a pair of Peter Eaton Elite Clarinets. Also, a really silky sounding bass clarinet. A Yani tenor wouldn't go a miss too!!

Hmmm....a few handmade recorders would be nice, preferably ebony with ivory fittings sopranino - tenor for that

A lovely rosewood family of bass downwards

A Hammig grenadilla piccolo with alternate G# key

14k gold Miyazawa flute with C# trill, low B foot, engravings, open holes with Plug-Os

An alto, bass, treble, and d'amore wouldn't go a miss either

Oh! and clarinets from alto downwards in African blackwood plus a nice bassoon

Add all of these to my daughters list and an expensive Oboe, cor Anglais, alto plus a bass Flute and a Sax (that'll do for now). Oh and the time to play them all!

A grand piano, at least one of Bob Deegan's harpsichords, and a fortepiano. Oh, and a lute .

Definitely a full size bass clarinet and Eb clarinet. A solid silver flute would be nice as well, as would handmade recorders in all sizes.

Oh, and a Steinway Grand, if only there was space for it.

I have no space for a grand piano

Have a great Christmas and New Year Neil.

1. A REAL Guarneri del Gesu violin.

2. Howarth XL cor anglais.

3. 48 hours in a day so that I could enjoy more of my own music making and less of listening to 10 year olds squeaking violin E strings......

OR

A rich husband who would buy me the first two. The third item become irrelevant in this instance. I wouldn't have to do any work I didn't want.


Chances of getting ANY of these?? Two hopes...Bob and No.

I'd like an alto flute and a Yamaha baby grand in my flat at Uni. A violin, a wooden clarinet and an oboe would be nice too!

I'd love an even better flute, a piccolo,a piano that is in tune, a violin, an oboe, a wooden clarinet, a better sax...the list goes on...!

A Sankyo 24k gold flute with all the extras you can get
A Boston flute maker made flute in Silver
Flute headjoints by Lafin, Powell, Mancke and Brannen
Powell Kingwood Piccolo with 9k mechanism
Abell and Powell Wooden Flutes
A Baroque Flute
Alto Flute
Bass Flute
Grand Piano (which I wouldnt be able to play, but just for show)

oh yeah i'd love a baroque flute!

I'd love a bass clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, cor anglais etc. etc. (The list could go on and on! And I can't play any of these so I'd have to get lessons!) Oh and a grand piano (which is not woodwind, I know!)

Nice wooden recorders - descant, treble, tenor and bass.

And the ability to play them all very well.

And no weird hang-ups about playing at home when other people (i.e. my husband) is in the house

Hmmm...I'd like a Bassoon, but I should probably nail the Oboe first.

Everyone with the Peter Eaton Clarinets!! They don't come in Rosewood!

I'd like a full set of Hanson Clarinets in Rosewood (Might have to get them specially made though!)
A full set of recorders in Rosewood.
A Rosewood oboe/bassoon, if such a thing exists.
The rest of the sax family, silver Conns.
And a grand. I know it isn't woodwind!

Plus a giant room to put these and the music I would soon acquire! Then abolish work/school so I get half a chance....

The question should have been what don't you want!

You like rosewood, then??

Let me see:
Tenor Sax
Baritone Sax
A decent clarinet, oh and maybe a bass

Not that much really

Just a bit!

You want to do whaaaaaat to your oboe?

Conical bore, for extra comfort and reassurance .

I'm confused. I am thinking about selling my oboe already. Its seriously affecting my clarinet playing which isn't good when I'm supposed to be teaching it! Anyway, I'd also love to find a solid silver flute that weighs the same as a plated one!!

I'm having my doubts too. Compared to playing the flute it's like trying to shove an orange up my nose. I can't sell it yet as my daughter has taken it to school today for her first lesson. When she gives up I might trade it in for a nice flute too. And I didn't realise that when you play an F you get an Eb or, an E or an F (sometimes & for a millisecond) or an F# or a G depending on the weather, how you're feeling and what you had for breakfast.

On the few occasions I've tried the oboe I found it very tricky to get an acceptable sound.

Played by someone who knows what they're doing (ie not me ), it's a beautiful sounding instrument though - if you love the sound sneekymum, I'd say it's well worth persevering.

Aw, that's harsh. It just shows that the oboe can be brought into tune more readily by alteration of breath pressure/embouchure, surely?
My biggest difficulty used to be getting a note to start when I meant it to...

hmm..
a very old lovely sounding violin...one of the best money could buy and have a grand piano built for me

Hmmm, probably impossible! Unless you had a very very thin wall silver flute made (It would probably change the acoustic properties though) with a stainless steel mechanism. Steven Wessell makes flutes with stainless steel mechanisms with plastic inserts in the keys. It takes a lot of weight of the flute, and the mechanism is very light.

Hmmm. They look a bit bizarre though. And If I was to spend that much money on it I'd want it to feel like alot of money was spent on it. And encrusted with diamonds at each joint. And coated in some sort of material that repelled finger prints.

Some sort of fur maybe? (or is that just soaking it up hehe)

No, the flute would still have to be very shiny, but void of fingerprints, but the case could be lined with fur. With hallmarked catches. A wooden case of course. A shiny varnished one.