Holden McAleer

Holden

  • Has repaired and serviced bassoons for many of the world's finest bassoonists since 1978. His areas of expertise include mechanical and sealing work, custom keywork, voicing and tuning.

  • Holden McAleer was a featured speaker at the 1991 and 2003 IDRS Conventions and at the 2001 Convention in Philadelphia of the National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians.

  • He has served as a consultant for Moosmann and Schreiber bassoons of Germany.

  • Plays bassoon professionally: He is a founding member of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra (since 1983), substitutes on bassoon and contra with the Baltimore Symphony, the Baltimore Opera and other regional orchestras. Has also performed with the National Symphony, the Delaware Symphony, the Harrisburg Symphony, and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, and the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, among others.

  • Master of Music in Bassoon Performance, University of Michigan; Bachelor of Music in Music Education, University of Michigan, including extensive study in bassoon repair and acoustics with Prof. Hugh Cooper. Earlier studies with Kenneth Pasmanick, principal bassoon of the National Symphony Orchestra. Studied acoustics with the noted acoustician Arthur Benade.

  • He plays a 7,000 series Heckel.

Currently for sale

Submitted by holden on Tue, 05/15/2007 - 2:15pm.

Heckel bassoon #5907. This instrument was purchased, I've been told by the owner's son, thru Hans Moennig in 1929, and was replated and the finish patched at Mr. Moennig's shop a number of years ago. (The father later went to Curtis Institute and studied w/Walter Guetter.) The silver plating is in excellent condition, it has new solid silver water tubes (E and D) which I installed, the bottom of the unlined boot has been replaced, and it is excellent condition. Very nice, open sound, good scale, with excellent characteristic Heckel response in all registers. It has a high D key, no rollers, GEWA case, Altieri case cover, #1 and #3 prewar bocals, with the option of several other postwar bocals. $21,000.00.

Other instruments may also be available from time to time; please call me for further information.

Some previously sold instruments include: Heckel bassoons #11636, #11205, #11167, #10595, #9981, #9369, #8506, #6764, #6590, #6186; Fox bassoons #19149, #17999, #11598, #7673, #4064; Puchner bassoons #8539, #7819, #6594,#6586, #5880; Heckel contrabassoons #446, #670; Renard bassoons #24548, #16887, #14192;

A note about my philosophy of instrument sales: I only sell instruments which I personally would be comfortable playing. They must be in good to excellent physical condition.

Please call 410-444-6546 during business hours for details.

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