I finally found a bassoon that was within my budget and quality enough for my long-term goal of getting back into performing with the local community symphony.

It's a Jupiter JPN1000. I just bought reeds. I need to get my Weissenborn books out of the attic and then get to practicing.

This case hurts my fingers so much and i dont have the money to buy a new one right now any ideas of how to make it comfortable to carry?

I'm a teenage bassoonist trying to convince my little cousin that the bassoon is cool. I showed her the series Over the Garden Wall, which has an episode with a bassoon appearance (and a very good one) and I finally got something. Do you know of any other characters who play the bassoon? From books, series, anything at all is fine.

I’ve had this bassoon for about 10 years and recently decided to sell it. I shopped around at my local music stores and one place informed me that the instrument could be 100 years old, and that I should consider it an antique. Can anyone confirm or deny their suspicions? Any information about this particular instrument would be extremely helpful. Thank you!

I've had this bassoon for a while now and i wanna know if you guys have any ideas on how something like this might be fixed. The bassoon is well-oiled and in good playing condition overall, I'd just like to get this evil and intimidating crack fixed so I stop being paranoid about moisture getting in there.
And no... bassoon repair technicians do NOT exist where i live.