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From: RBobo123@aol.com
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 22:04:04 EDT
Subject: Bass Woodwind Quartet?
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comHas anybody ever tried to get one together? Finding a Bass-Clarinetist
wouldn't be that hard, but most of the other instruments would be.
Contrabassoons and Bass Flutes aren't that common and Heckelphones/Bass Oboes
are practically un-heard of. If anybody has some Music of one, i'd love to
hear it.
---------------------------------------------------------Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 20:35:02 -0700
From: Grant Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
Subject: Saxophone posting
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com>Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 00:59:07 -0500
>From: Peter Koval <pkoval@usd.edu>>Hi Grant, I tried twice to post this, to no avail. Perhaps the problem
>is that the University of South Dakota has changed (or is in the process
>of changing) my e-mail address from pkoval@sundance.usd.edu to
>pkoval@usd.edu. Can you fix things for the future, please, and post the
>following for me?
>Regards, Peter Koval>Subject: F#3 key for saxophones; low a for baritone saxophone; g3 for
>soprano sax
>
>Can someone please supply information regarding the dates of
>introduction of the f#3 (high f sharp) key on various sizes of
>saxophones, and the low a on the baritone saxophone? I am talking about
>regular production models, not special instruments made for particular
>performers. For example, the earliest orchestral treatise mentioning the
>
>f#3 key that I have presently found (only for alto sax) is Kunitz's
>Instrumentenbrevier of 1961, and references to this key on soprano,
>tenor and baritone saxes come only in treatises dated in the 1980s.
>Baines, in Woodwind Instruments and their History (1957) does not
>mention the f#3 key, but does say that for a few years, Selmer have
>provided their baritone sax with a low a (so perhaps around 1950).
>Does anyone have dated catalogs or price lists that mention these keys
>or show illustrations of saxophones equipped with them, or know of
>particular models brought out on certain dates that were so equipped?
>In a similar vein, when was the high g (g3) key introduced for soprano
>saxophone?
>Many thanks,
>Peter Koval
>pkoval@usd.edu
---------------------------------------------------------Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 20:59:11 -0700
From: Grant Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
Subject: Eb Contra FS!
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comThose of you who were interested in the Conn Eb contrabass sarrusophone for
sale, the owner has now OK'd posting his contact info.Here it is:
Dr. Rick
Village Flute & Sax Shop
35 Carmine Street
New York, NY 10014
Dr Rick's Phone/Fax (212) 243-1276
e-mail: drrick@drrick.com
website: http://www.drrick.com
Remember, the horn is missing "a few keys" and the bocal. I imagine it
probably lacks the case as well. However, if you know of a good repairman....Enjoy!
Grant
Grant Green
gdgreen@contrabass.com
http://www.contrabass.com
Just filling in on sarrusophone.......
---------------------------------------------------------From: CoolStu67@aol.com
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 16:37:02 EDT
Subject: Ah yes...
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comNow, I am a true member of contrabass.com....
my Leblanc low C contrabass clarinet just came
It may need a couple adjustments, but I'm proud to announced it can belt out
a subcontra Bb anyday, anywhere. Talk about excitement! Good God, I'm
climbing the walls over here :) Now here's my question: It isn't model 340,
because the D key is not right by the low Eb key, but instead below the LH
low F. It descends to low C with the keys to the right of the RH thumb, not
directly below. What model could this be?Thank you!
-Sax/Clarinet
---------------------------------------------------------Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 16:48:31 -0400
From: FranÚois Villon <feodor@informaxinc.com>
Subject: Re: Ah yes...
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com
CoolStu67@aol.com wrote:
> Now, I am a true member of contrabass.com....
> my Leblanc low C contrabass clarinet just came
> It may need a couple adjustments, but I'm proud to announced it can belt out
> a subcontra Bb anyday, anywhere. Talk about excitement! Good God, I'm
> climbing the walls over here :) Now here's my question: It isn't model 340,
> because the D key is not right by the low Eb key, but instead below the LH
> low F. It descends to low C with the keys to the right of the RH thumb, not
> directly below. What model could this be?Looks exactly as 340 which I played. D - LH, C# & C - RH thumb. You must
hold D to get C or C#.Feodor
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