Contrabass Digest

To subscribe or unsubscribe, email gdgreen@contrabass.com

1999-01-18

list                           Mon, 18 Jan 1999           Volume 1 : Number 88
In this issue:
        Re: Ophicleide Builders
        Another Bass Sax FS

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 21:05:04 GMT
From: A Myers <am@holyrood.ed.ac.uk>
To: list@contrabass.com
Subject: Re: Ophicleide Builders
Grant Green wrote (15.1.99)
> I finally contacted Robb Stewart, the brass instrument maker from Southern
> California. He *is* still making ophicleides, including contrabass
> ophicleides (along with keyed bugles and rotary valve instruments).
> However, his waiting list is about five years long.
When I visited Robb Stewart in May, he had one or two original
ophicleides in stock.
The other firm to make ophicleides is Manchester Brassmakers in
Manchester, U.K.; I'm not sure if they've made many. Possibly not,
since from Britain it's easy to go to Paris and pick up an original.
    Arnold Myers
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments,
Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square, EDINBURGH EH8 9AG, U.K.
E-mail: A.Myers@ed.ac.uk
Web URL: http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 10:55:25 -0800
From: Grant Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
To: list@contrabass.com
Subject: Another Bass Sax FS
There's another bass sax at auction on eBay,
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=57741082. Looks
more like the Selmer wrap.
Also, a Conn sousaphone (in silver), at
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=57831249.
And of course, the helicon of the week:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=57286183.
Enjoy!
Grant
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Grant Green            gdgreen@contrabass.com
                    http://www.contrabass.com
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
------------------------------
End of list V1 #88
******************
------------------------

Next Digest ->
Previous Digest <-
Index
Top