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Updated 28 Jan 2021
This is the website of Mark W Venn and is concerned principally with early music in various manifestations. Current sections of the site deal with:
Handmade renaissance woodwind instruments. Principal instruments made are the crumhorn and the cornamuse.
Handmade stands for recorders, crumhorns and other instruments
Maintenance and minor repair work of instruments.
The "Mozart"™  music software for developing high quality music scores,
"The Waites of Gloucester", a renaissance consort, that also performs as "Her Majestie's Pleasure"
Topics can be selected from the menu on the left hand side of the screen.
Crumhorn display stand
Do your crumhorns need a display stand, or just some means of keeping them ready for use? Check this out.
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Greenwich International Early Music Festival
Mark Venn has been a regular exhibitor of renaissance instruments and the Mozart software at the annual Greenwich International Festival and Exhibition of Early Music in Greenwich. Mark is not planning to exhibit this year, but instruments and music software are still available by contacting him directly.
 
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The Mozart author, Dave Webber, discussing the latest features with a fellow exhibitor at the Greenwich International early Music Festival..
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A small selection of the stands at the Exhibition.
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Crumhorns, cornamusen and recorder stands by Mark.
 
If you would like more details or have any comments on this site, please email me.