Shaper Handles and Tips for Bassoon, Baroque Bassoon, and Shawm
The following items are one-of-a-kind stock. Most are permanently out of production; the others are discounted below the prices of other retailers. Please inquire about quantity discounts.
Be sure to check the socket diameter of your shaper handle before ordering - some tips are too large to fit certain handles.
SOLD Heckel Shaper Handle and #2 Tip. $150.00. A little wider in the tube than Rieger #2. The maker's name is stamped on the traditional cam/slipnut handle in the familiar pre-war font.
| Name or number/(Shank diameter) | Tip width(of shaper) | Butt width | Throat width | Throat height(below tip) |
| Heckel 2 (3.5 mm) | 16.0 mm | 10.5 mm | 9.2 mm | 36 mm |
Shaper handles
SOLD H-1. Berdon (accepts
tip shanks to 4 mm), like new, $20.00
SOLD H-2. Bhosys, New York
(accepts tip shanks to 3 mm), good used cond., $35.00
SOLD H-3. Luxe (accepts
tip shanks to 4 mm), like new, $95.00 ($113.50 retail)
From left: Berdon, Bhosys, Luxe shaper handles
Modern bassoon shaper tips (butt is 60 mm below tip)
| Name or number/(Shank diameter) | Tip width(of shaper) | Butt width | Throat width | Throat height(below tip) | |
| SOLD Berdon 1 (4 mm) | 15.85 mm | 11.1 mm | 8.9 mm | 41 mm | $60.00 |
| SOLD Bhosys 1 (3 mm) | 14.9 mm | 9.1 mm | 8.45 mm | 43 mm | $60.00 |
| SOLD Prestini 3 (4 mm) | 15.75 mm | 10.50 mm | 9.0 mm | 35 mm | $70.00 |
| SOLD Anon-A. (3.15 mm) | 16.05 mm | 9.95 mm | 9.05 mm | 43 mm | $45.00 |
| SOLD Anon-B. (3.05 mm) | 15.65 mm | 9.75 mm | 8.75 mm | 43 mm | $45.00 |
From left: Berdon 1, Bhosys 1, Prestini 3, Anonymous A, Anonymous B tips
SOLD Soprano/Alto Shawm Shaper Tip (butt is 60 mm below tip)
| Anon-C. (4.70mm) | 13.7 mm | 10.30 mm | 8.2 mm | 40 mm | $45.00 |
Baroque Bassoon Shaper Tip (butt is 71 mm below tip)
| SOLD P. Levin (3.85 mm) | 18.45 mm | 11.3 mm | 11.15 mm | 60 mm | $85.00 |
From left: Anonymous soprano/alto shawm, P. Levin baroque bassoon tips