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1998-12-06

 
list                           Sun, 6 Dec 1998            Volume 1 : Number 46

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Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 01:02:38 EST
From: Heliconman@aol.com
To: list@contrabass.com
Subject: Re: TubaChristmas of Keene

In a message dated 98-12-04 22:37:15 EST, you write:

>Well, I'm happy to say I'm off to the tubachristmas in Keene, MA on
>Sunday.  Anybody in the area, this promises to be a lot of fun.
>Registration is at 12:30, and we play at 2:30.  It'll be a bit tiny, so
>any support would make it that much better.  Hopefully, I'll see one of
>ya there.  I'll be the 15-year-old playing the absurdly beat-up 3.5-valve
>mirafone tuba.  Ah yes...
>
> -Mike Effenberger

Wish I could join you, Mike, but I have a Christmas parade at 1PM in Amesbury
... unless I can convince my bandmates to scoot over right after the gig. I
think there are other plans in the works, however. Maybe my cousins from Keene
will show up though! If I remember, a couple of them play low brass horns.
Don't forget your Santa hat and a camera and perhaps a cassette machine!! And
play the trio section of Jingle Bells extra loud for me, okay?!
Cheers!
Heliconman@aol.com

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Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 01:04:33 EST
From: Heliconman@aol.com
To: list@contrabass.com
Subject: Re: Sci fi contra - pipe organ

In a message dated 98-12-05 00:07:15 EST, you write:

>Subj:  Re: Sci fi contra - pipe organ
>Date: 98-12-05 00:07:15 EST
>From: list@contrabass.com
>To: heliconman@aol.com
>
<snip>

Is it just me or are there a lot of emails lately with no content?

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Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 01:49:32 +0200
From: "SARAH CORDISH" <cordish@internet-zahav.net>
To: <list@contrabass.com>
Subject: Re: Anti-tarnish strips

  Good thing, too, because I'd just as soon not have the whole
>clean-up to do all over again.  Yuck.  Now if someone would come up with a
>really great way to eradicate black mildew stains from velvet case linings....
>
>Lelia

It is worth a try to see what a little bit of hydrogen peroxide solutuon
would do on a test spot.  Sometimes this stuff is just the ticket to get rid
of moldy mange.  I use it for cleaning mildew off reed cane if it has been
stored wrongly and starts to mold.  Never throw away a cane because of mold
until you try this.
In a moment of decisivenss, I once ripped-out a cloth lining of a case and
replaced it with a piece of better cloth.  This is easier to do than it
looks; but takes time.
Sarah

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Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 17:33:12 EST
From: LeliaLoban@aol.com
To: list@contrabass.com
Subject: Re: Anti-tarnish strips

Sarah wrote,
>>It is worth a try to see what a little bit of hydrogen peroxide solutuon
would do on a test spot.  Sometimes this stuff is just the ticket to get rid
of moldy mange....In a moment of decisivenss, I once ripped-out a cloth lining
of a case and replaced it with a piece of better cloth.  This is easier to do
than it looks; but takes time.>>

Worth doing, I think.  I re-lined the case for a metal clarinet (small case
that required less than half a yard of velvet) during one TV football game.
It was one of the boring games earlier in the season where the Deadskins,
oops, I mean Redskins, had lost decisively by the end of the first quarter, so
I was able to pay more attention to the case refurbishing than to the game.
Re-lining a bass sax case would take a bit longer, methinks, but it's surely a
better deal than buying a new case.  Thanks for the hydrogen peroxide
suggestion, Sarah.  I've got that stuff in the workroom and never even thought
of trying it in a case.

Lelia

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Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 18:42:46 EST
From: LeliaLoban@aol.com
To: list@contrabass.com
Subject: (no subject)

Regarding re-lining stained cases, Jack Silver wrote,
>>Someone on the list mentionned a product called Febreze that is sold in
supermarkets where the laundry stuff is.  Maybe it's worth a try first.>>

I'm the one who mentioned Febreze.  It's a good product, if you don't mind the
scent, but it's only a de-stinkifier.  It doesn't do anything to take out
stains.  I've also tried spot-lifters such as Shout, but with poor results on
black mold and mildew.  While I'd rather keep the original fabric, if it's
badly mildewed or rotted through with holes, there may be nothing to do about
that but rip the stuff out and replace it.  A good glue to use in re-lining
cases, BTW, is Sobo Premium Craft and Fabric Glue, manufactured by Delta.
It's available at large fabric stores, such as Minnesota Fabrics or Calico
Corners, and at arts and crafts stores.  Smooth it out on the wood with a
squeegie or a popsicle stick.  It's slow-drying enough to give you time to
adjust the fit of the lining.  Just be careful not to get any of it on the top
surface of the fabric.  Also, try to remove the old lining as intact as
possible, so you can use it as a pattern to cut the new lining.

Lelia

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