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1999-11-04

 
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 12:24:49 -0500
From: John Howell <John.Howell@vt.edu>
Subject: Odd bassoon key
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com

>From: RBobo123@aol.com
>While rumaging through EBay, i found this.  What stuck me as odd was that
>there are 5 keys instead 4 for the Left Thumb on the long Joint.  DOes
>anybody have any idea what this key might do?

Unfortunately I can't picture a "normal" bassoon key layout in my mind, so
help me with this.  Does the bell seem to be longer than normal, or am I
imagining it?  If the answer is "yes," it may very well be an instrument
built with a low "A" extended bell.  Take a look.
>
> <A HREF="http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=191591684"

John

John & Susie Howell
Virginia Tech Department of Music
Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240
Vox (540) 231-8411   Fax (540) 231-5034
(mailto:John.Howell@vt.edu)
http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html
 

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From: "Bret Newton" <jbnbsn99@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Odd bassoon key
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 16:21:26 CST
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com

As far as I know that extra key is an Eb key since it is a Frence bassoon.
The Eb key is for the thumb not the little finger.
Bret Newton
 

>From: John Howell <John.Howell@vt.edu>
>Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com
>To: contrabass@contrabass.com
>Subject: Odd bassoon key
>Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 12:24:49 -0500
>
> >From: RBobo123@aol.com
> >While rumaging through EBay, i found this.  What stuck me as odd was that
> >there are 5 keys instead 4 for the Left Thumb on the long Joint.  DOes
> >anybody have any idea what this key might do?
>
>Unfortunately I can't picture a "normal" bassoon key layout in my mind, so
>help me with this.  Does the bell seem to be longer than normal, or am I
>imagining it?  If the answer is "yes," it may very well be an instrument
>built with a low "A" extended bell.  Take a look.
> >
> > <A
>HREF="http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=191591684"
>
>John
>
>John & Susie Howell
>Virginia Tech Department of Music
>Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240
>Vox (540) 231-8411   Fax (540) 231-5034
>(mailto:John.Howell@vt.edu)
>http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html
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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 15:51:34 -0700
From: Grant Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
Subject: CD Review
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com

My speakers are rumbling :-)

I finally got a copy of Susan Nigro & Burl Lane "The Two Contras" (1999, Crystal Records, CD349).  This one is "serious" music, essentially "The Big Bassoon" for two.  The tracks are:

The last selection is the only whimsical work on the CD: everything else is just great contrabassoon.

Enjoy!

Grant
 

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