<Crocodile Dundee>That's not 'loud'--THIS is 'loud'! :-D
Jocularity aside, I've tried some krums that were real devils to blow--harder than my shawms =8-0 If you're serious about trying out early double-reeds, there's no shortage of people out your way (Geoffy-Matt or Aldric, within the SCA, or people in the Bay Area early music community (like Herb Myers)) who could help you get started.
FWIW, when I priced krums ::mumble:: years ago (because my then-recorder group was leaning on me to buy some, I realized that new ones were as expensive as shawms, and less versatile than shawms, to boot--worth noting if finances are an issue. JMHO, YMMV, Void Where Prohibited, etc.
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<Crocodile Dundee>That's not 'loud'--THIS is 'loud'! :-D
Jocularity aside, I've tried some krums that were real devils to blow--harder than my shawms =8-0 If you're serious about trying out early double-reeds, there's no shortage of people out your way (Geoffy-Matt or Aldric, within the SCA, or people in the Bay Area early music community (like Herb Myers)) who could help you get started.
FWIW, when I priced krums ::mumble:: years ago (because my then-recorder group was leaning on me to buy some, I realized that new ones were as expensive as shawms, and less versatile than shawms, to boot--worth noting if finances are an issue. JMHO, YMMV, Void Where Prohibited, etc.