Rachor Articles on Woodwind Instrument Research

Rachor, David. “The Bassoons of the Sax Family: Charles-Joseph and Adolphe,
père et fils. Part I: The Charles-Joseph Sax Bassoons.”
The Double Reed 48, no.1 (2025): 71-94.

Rachor, David. “Die Wanderung Zweier Grosser Steinkopf-Pommer Teil I.”
RohrBlatt, Heft 3, (2023): 97-106.

Rachor, David. “Die Wanderung Zweier Grosser Steinkopf-Pommer Teil II.”
RohrBlatt, Heft 4, (2023): 141-149.

Rachor, David. “La Couture-Boussey: Regards sur La Facture Instrumental.”
[Book Review]
The Double Reed 46, no. 1 (2023): 129-134.

Rachor, David. “Mr. Howard Risdon and Berdon Tools.”
The Double Reed 45, no. 1 (2022): 85-95.

Rachor, David. “Le Charivari and the Bassoon.”
The Double Reed 44, no. 1 (2021): 54-68.

Kopp, James & Rachor, David. “Coup D’Oeil sur Le Galandronôme.” Larigot 67 [Bulletin de l’Association des Collectionneurs d’Instruments à Vent],
(Avril 2021): 54-57.

Rachor, David. “Les Bassons de Charles-Joseph Sax: Des Instruments Fabriqués en Usine.” Larigot 66
[
Bulletin de l’Association des Collectionneurs d’Instruments à Vent],
(
Octobre 2020): 38-64.

Rachor, David. “Issues with historical bassoon originals and copies: case studies with Prudent and Eichentopf bassoons.”
Geschichte, Bauweise und Repertoire des Fagotts, Michaelsteiner Konferenzberichte 84 (2020): 113-134.

Rachor, David. “A Newly Discovered Bassoon Wing Joint by Johann Schell.”
Double Reed News, The Magazine of the British Double Reed Society
(Summer 2018): 22-24.

Hichwa, Bryant & Rachor, David. “Calculated Success or Accident? An In-Depth Study of the Musical Acoustics of Baroque Bassoons, Comparing Originals and Reproductions, by Maker, Region and Temperament.” Le Basson Savary, Bericht des Symposiums, “Exakte Kopie” in Bern 2012, Musikforschung der Hochschule der Künste Bern, Band 8: 103-110.

Rachor, David. “The Use of Cane in Textile Mills:
A Documentation of the Research of Dr. Jean-Marie Heinrich.”
The Double Reed 39, no. 2 (2016) 159-167.

Rachor, David. “Rohrholz in den Früheren Webereien:
Eine Dokumentation der Forschung von Dr. Jean-Marie Heinrich.”
Rohrblatt 31, Heft 4 (2016): 1-5.

Rachor, David. “A Bassoon by Hirschstein: The Instrument and Its Possible Use in the Military.” The Galpin Society Journal 64 (March 2011): 117-124, 179.

Rachor, David. “Bassoon Reed-Making: Adapting the reed making technique to the material or forcing the material to the reed making technique.”
Journal of the Fellowship of Makers and Researchers of Historical Instruments (FoMRHI), no. 114 (November 2009): 21-24.

Rachor, David. “A Register of Early Reeds: A Bassoon Reed in the Edinburgh University Collection.” The Galpin Society Journal 57 (May 2004): 273.

Rachor, David. “The Importance of Cane Selection in Historical Bassoon Reed-Making.” The Galpin Society Journal 57 (May 2004): 146-149.

Rachor, David. “Werkstätt der heutigen Künste of Johann Sammuel Halle:
Implications on the historical bassoon reed gouge.”
Journal of the Fellowship of Makers and Researchers of Historical Instruments
(FoMRHI), no. 93 (Oct. 1998): 15-17.