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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 18:52:18 -0800
From: "Timothy J. Tikker" <timjt@awod.com>
Subject: [CB] Piccolo Heckelphone
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com> From: JolivetDVM@aol.com
> Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 18:13:27 EST
> Subject: Re: [CB] Piccolo heckelphone> The piccolo heckelphone was only invented for 1 purpose as I recall, and
> that was to play the shepherd's pipe part in Tristan and Isolde! Michel
> JolivetBut isn't the part too low for the instrument? I understand it's usually played
on English Horn.Must check that...
- Timothy Tikker
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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 19:45:11 -0500
From: "Samuel O. Andreyev, O.P.S." <anteater@interlog.com>
Subject: [CB] Piccolo heckelphone
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com> The piccolo heckelphone was only invented for 1 purpose as I recall, and
> that was to play the shepherd's pipe part in Tristan and Isolde! Michel
> JolivetBut if they made 15 of them, then there must have been either some
demand for them or some reason to make them. There must have been people
out there buying them, although I suspect that it may have been of more
interest to band leaders than to orchestras.I wonder if the Heckel company could be persuaded to make a new piccolo
heckelphone, or, more interesting to me, a soprano heckelphone pitched
an octave above the bass instrument ... on a somewhat related note, does
anyone on this list own a soprano sarrusophone? Being an English Horn
player that instrument is quite interesting to me. I wonder what it
would sound like.Sam Andreyev
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---------------------------------------------------------From: Heliconman@aol.com
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 21:33:11 EST
Subject: Re: [CB] [Super Tuba]
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comIn a message dated 03/25/2000 6:55:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, dnmagic@earthlink.net writes:
<< The "Hoffnung" tuba seems much bigger. Click here and go to the
bottom of the page for a picture. Annetta (Gerhard's widow) does not
know what became of the tuba (I asked her about it last year), maybe
it is the one in London, they did live there (in London)... >>
Now having looked at both pictures and read a description of the Cerveny
tuba, it looks like the Hoffnung tuba has a wider bell, relative to the
height of the horn, but the other horn needed to be played by two people, one
for mouthpiece and the other for valves. There is nothing in the
Amati/Cerveny picture to compare the tuba to for scale, so it could be very
tall with the valves about thigh-high and the mouthpiece about mouth-high for
a standing player. Gerard Hoffnung is in fact sitting while he plays his
tuba. If I remember correctly, Mr. H. was about 5'6" or so, making the tuba
relatively short. The wide bell and throat could compensate for the shorter
height, althought the Bohlad-Fuchs (Amati/Cerveny) tuba might in fact be a
bigger, lower pitched tuba.
Just my observations.
Anyone here live near London who would want to pay a visit to Paxman????
Tell them you represent the Contrass List and interested parties from all
over the world. Thanks in advance!
---------------------------------------------------------Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 23:08:19 -0800
From: jim & joyce <lande@erols.com>
Subject: [CB] eBay listings
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comThree contra clarinets on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=291713215
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=291791351
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=291700333jim lande
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From: Fmmck@aol.com
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 23:55:43 EST
Subject: Re: [CB] eBay listings
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comIn a message dated 3/26/00 11:06:06 PM, lande@erols.com writes:
<< Three contra clarinets on eBay. >>
Jim-
Also look at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=291952521
I can't tell if it is BBb or EEb. I suppose I could measure mine and see if
it is 48 inches.Fred McKenzie
MMB
---------------------------------------------------------From: thorneycroft@webtv.net
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 07:13:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: [CB] eBay listings
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comFred; my Selmer series 9 Contra alto is 53" not counting the fold in the neck.
Thorneycroft
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From: thorneycroft@webtv.net
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 07:26:00 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: [CB] eBay listings
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comSame guy has Noblet bass sax and double bell Euphonium.
Thorneycroft
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From: Opusnandy@aol.com
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:47:07 EST
Subject: Re: [CB] Piccolo heckelphone
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comIn a message dated 3/26/00 5:14:35 PM, JolivetDVM@aol.com writes:
<< he piccolo heckelphone was only invented for 1 purpose as I recall, and
that was to play the shepherd's pipe part in Tristan and Isolde! >>You're thinking of the Heckel-Clarina (sometimes wrongly called the
"Heckelphone- Clarinet").Jon Carreira
---------------------------------------------------------From: Opusnandy@aol.com
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:53:14 EST
Subject: [CB] Tuba Marathon
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comThe person speaking in this is a friend of a friend. I though it might be of
interest to people on the list. Enjoy!Jon Carreira
I'm writing you'll to inform you of the task I am about to take on in less
than a month. I have come up with the idea to run the Boston Marathon and
I'm going to do it with my tuba. That's right. The whole 26.2 with 30
lbs. of plumbing on my back. The whole gist is to show "support for the
arts." The marathon takes off at noon on April 17th a Monday and I'm
hoping to finish it in the alotted 6 hours. Look for me, the big guy with
the tuba and beanie hat on. Tell all your friends...in the spirit of tuba running,
Super Scott :p
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