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1998-06-15

list                           Mon, 15 Jun 1998            Volume 1 : Number 4
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        Re: A New Contrabassoon

        contrabass stuff from Steven Norton

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 11:05:24 -0700
From: Grant Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
To: list@contrabass.com
Subject: Re: A New Contrabassoon
At 02:38 PM 6/13/98 EDT, you wrote:
>       I just returned from the IDRS convention in Tempe, AZ and I now own a new
>contrabassoon made by Gunter Wolf of Kronach, Germany. This is the 4th contra
Hey, congratulations!
>I spoke with who tried it were very favorably impressed. It descends to
>subcontra BBb and has many innovations which I won't go into (unless there are
>some interested people). The biggest changes are that the bell faces towards
I can't think of any place where you'd find more interested people: I, for
one, am interested in the details!
Ah, wish I were there....
Grant

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 12:30:24 -0700
From: Grant Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
To: list@contrabass.com
Subject: contrabass stuff from Steven Norton
>Date: Sat, 13 Jun 98 20:10:14 EDT
>From: "Steven H. Norton" <shnst+@pitt.edu>
>Subject: contrabass stuff--2nd attempt
>
>I tried to send this message earlier, but got an error message. Did you ever
>receive it?
>
>SHN
>
>----- Forwarded message follows -----
>Here's some old recordings featuring bass/contrabass instruments:
>
>Bass (French) Horn in CC -- Fro/ydis Ree Wekre & Roger Bobo, "Prunes",
>Crystal S126; tracks featuring bass horn are "Sonoro" and "Dance of the
>Ocean Breeze", both by Roger Kellaway. (the o/ represents a
>Scandinavian 'o slash')
>
>Contrabass Saxophone -- "Bud Shank & The Sax Section", Pacific Jazz
>PJ-10110; John Lowe plays cb sax on tracks "Sidewinder" and "Sen~or
>Blues".
>
>
>Any contrabass fan needs to know about the "Hoffnung Music Festival
>Concert", Angel 35500 (dates from 1956), which features "Variations on
>'Annie Laurie'" arranged by Gordon Jacob for an ensemble consisting of
>Heckelphone, contrabass clarinets (I think BBb and EEb, but not sure),
>two contrabassoons, hurdy-gurdy, serpent, contrabass serpent,
>subcontrabass tuba, harmonium, and two piccolos. The tuba kind of
>overpowers the contrabass serpent, unfortunately.
>
>Be sure to check out Doug Yeo's page
>
>http://www.yeodoug.com/serpentnight.html
>
>which includes a couple of photos of the contrabass serpent.
>
>
>enjoy!
>
>SHN
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