Talk:Catalan shawm

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This information was learned mostly from Woodwind Instruments and Their History, a book by Anthony Baines. It is rightfully considered one of the best works on woodwind instruments. It was originally written in the forties and the copyright was (as far as I know) last renewed in the nineties. The information in this article is merely a review and summary of Baines's information on shawms in general and the tiple and tenora in particular. The book is far more thorough and complete, and offers a wealth of information on other instruments as well. I wrote this article because I couldn't find any information on Catalan shawms on this website and almost none on the Internet in general. Baines's book seems to be the only source, and is not very widely available. Instrumentguy