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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 recorder stands / other instrument stands
Maintenance and minor repair work of instruments.
Cotswold Early Music Festival (formerly the Cirencester Early Music Festival),
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.
Mark Venn is a regular exhibitor of renaissance instruments and the Mozart software at the annual Greenwich International Festival and Exhibition of Early Music in the Old Naval College, Greenwich. The Festival was last held over the weekend of November 13 - 15, 2009. Mark was exhibiting his instruments and also the latest version of the Mozart Music software (Version 10) which includes many new features and improvements.
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The Mozart author, Dave Webber, discussing the latest features with a fellow exhibitor.
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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.