I have a twenty year history with music. I started on trumpet and played it through the end of high school. Then I switched to bassoon for early college, and years later (nearly a decade later) I began learning the oboe and then it became my main instrument.
While I did end up making the oboe my main instrument (that's a very long story), I still have played bassoon from time to time. My last undergrad semester I played oboe in the top ensemble and bassoon in the other ensemble. I also play the bassoon yearly in a for fun/casual Christmas bassoon thing (may not happen this year, it'd be my first time not having it in like a decade! =( )
So, you could say double reeds are my specialty. I love all woodwind and brass instruments, though. Both ancient/historical and current. My top favorites are... no surprise - double reeds. Oboe, English horn, and bassoon (and historical - shawm, crumhorn [actually a reed cap instrument, but...], aulos) However, I also really like lower recorders, the bass clarinet and lower saxophones.
My favorite non-wind instrument is definitely the harpsichord. It has a more interesting timbre than the piano IMO. The piano is a technical improvement, but timbre of the harpsichord is the best. I also adore the hammond organ.
Instruments are crucial to my enjoyment of music. I typically don't like pop/rock music that is more electronic (electric guitar/bass, hammond organ, with maybe a tiny bit of Moog synthesizer is typically where I draw the line. Anything past that is too much typically). And with classical music, I typically prefer it on the light side - like found in the Baroque orchestra (where the oboe really shines!).
That's all typically. There are exceptions.
Aw. Why briefly? =(
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