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Friday, 22 August 2008
I want my instant gratification NOW!
Grumpy

Apparently, nobody has a Moeck baroque rackett in stock. Well, except for one online company that's had numerous BBB complaints, and had four overwhelmingly negative reviews (out of six total) on another site, including "I never got what I ordered".

Since racketts aren't a high-demand item, Moeck makes them as they're ordered. Which means that, no matter who I order from, I won't get it until October or November.

Arrrrrgh.


Posted by godfrey (link)
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I saw the band "Teribus" at Pennsic, and I turned to my friend Malcolm, in the food court and said "Malcolm, in the 26 years you've known me, you've never heard me say this: Fuck, those are good pipers!" Turns out these guys handmake all their own very-authentic pipes. I even bought their CD "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bombard".
If you go to their site, and e-mail them, I'd be pretty sure they would know where to get a rackett, if anyone did.
Posted by The Lunchbox on 22 Aug 2008 21:00
I feel stoopid. What's a rackett?
Posted by squelch on 23 Aug 2008 10:41
Thanks, Lunchbox, I'll check them out.

Squelch, a rackett is a double-reed woodwind instrument, with an incredibly deep sound for such a small body, because inside the body are nine parallel bores, cleverly interconnected by the endcap to produce one long chamber.

The Renaissance racketts pretty much sound like a bass shawm (which is to say, like a blend between a kazoo and a fart), but the Baroque rackett sounds very much like a modern bassoon.

Unfortunately, only one company, Moeck, makes replicas of the Baroque rackett.

Posted by Godfrey on 23 Aug 2008 16:05
Also, Squelch, it looks like a bong. Totally.
Posted by Mrs. Godfrey on 2 Sep 2008 16:24