Preview auction items for PT Early Music Workshop

Thank you everyone who participated in the successful auction at this year’s workshop! If you haven’t sent in your payment yet, you may do so via the SRS donation page.

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This year’s Port Townsend Workshop (in Tacoma) will host a silent and a live auction, the proceeds from which will ensure that we have a scholarship fund for future workshop participants. The silent auction will end Thursday before the faculty concert, and the live auction will be Wednesday evening.

We are still accepting donations and would appreciate yours! Please fill out the attached Auction-Donation-Form-2023 and follow the instructions on it to forward to Ellis Hillinger. THANKS!

Here are some items that have already been donated

The following items will be auctioned at the 2023 Port Townsend Early Music Workshop. Most will be part of the silent auction, but a few will be part of the live auction. Comments about the instruments in italics are Vicki’s appraisal.

Sold – Auction Item #1: Red Port Townsend Early Music Workshop sweatshirt, size L, lightly used (Front)

Sold – Auction Item #1: Red Port Townsend Early Music Workshop sweatshirt, size L, lightly used (Back)

Auction Item #2: Moeck Rottenburgh Alto in palisander or rosewood with plastic case. Good resistance, nice.

Auction Item #3: Moeck Rottenburgh Soprano in palisander or rosewood with plastic case. Sweet soft sound.

Auction Item #4: Moeck Tuju (School) model alto with cardboard case. Perfectly OK.

Auction Item #5: Moeck Rottenburgh Tenor in rosewood with cardboard case. Good condition, needs new pads.

Auction Item #6: Moeck Rottenburgh Alto in palisander with plastic case. Needs TLC including oil and new block.

Auction Item #7: Hopf Renaissance Soprano in stained maple(?) using Baroque fingerings with cardboard case. Excellent condition & sweet sound.

Auction Item #8: Crown Soprano in lacquered ebony(?) with Dushkin cardboard box. Fine, tendons need wrapping.

Auction Item #9: Moeck Rottenburgh Tenor in palisander with plastic case. Needs oil, requires strong pinky for C key, otherwise sweet mellow tone.

Auction Item #10: Kung soprano in palisander with ivory in soft case. Okay, needs light breath pressure.

Auction Item #11: Ariel Tenor in palisander or rosewood with soft zipper case. Reedy, light breath, needs alternate fingering.

Auction Item #12: Ariel Tenor in grenadilla with soft zipper case. Reedy sound but okay, needs alternate fingerings..

Auction Item #13: Ariel Alto with thumb rest in palisander in plastic case. Weaker low notes, lots of character.

Auction Item #14: Moeck Tuju (School) Bass in maple with bocal and soft case. Unplayable, needs lot of work.

Auction Item #15: Hopf Renaissance Tenor in stained maple(?) using Baroque fingerings with cardboard case.

Sold – Auction Item #16: Music Manuscript (front)

Sold – Auction Item #16: Music Manuscript (back)

Sold – Auction Item #17: Boat Cruise – Half-day. Cruise the San Juan Islands starting in Anacortes, on the 40’ Selene power cruiser “Oom Pa Pa”. Successful bidder may bring up to 5 guests. The cruise can happen anytime within one year of the auction date. While scheduling is generally very flexible, it is subject to the skipper’s availability.