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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 15:32:59 -0700
From: Grant Green
Subject: Re: [CB] Heckelphone images
> Do you wish to use the photos currently on Ebay with the
>Heckelphone auction for your Heckelphone page? You me wish to download these
>ASAP, as Frank needs the space on his site for other things in a day or two.Hi Peter,
I can see why: I downloaded all the images by FTP, and the whole set
takes up 9.2 MB on my disk! They *are* great pictures, BTW. Now to
find a good place to park them...Grant
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---------------------------------------------------------Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 16:31:09 -0700
From: Grant Green
Subject: [CB] Heckelphone images
I've now parked all of Peter's Heckelphone images in a new Yahoo
club, at http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/heckelphone. There are two
photo galleries, titled "Peter Hurd's Heckelphone" and "Peter Hurd's
Heckelphone II". OK, so I didn't feel particularly creative this
afternoon... Anyway, there they are, unresized, in all their glory.
And good shots they are, too.Enjoy!
Grant
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---------------------------------------------------------Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 02:56:12 +0100
From: "Klaus Bjerre"
Subject: Re: [CB] Heckelphone imagesWhat are the reasons for the apparently closed end of the bell?
Acoustical? (more muted sound)?
Practical? (support for the peg)?
Klaus
---------------------------------------------------------Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 23:22:54 -0400
From: "Robert S. Howe"
Subject: Re: [CB] Heckelphone sales> From: "Samuel O. Andreyev, O.P.S."
......imagine my utter horror
> when I learned that four months ago, a Heckelphone had changed hands in
> my very own city of Toronto (I believed that there wasn't a single one
> in Canada) for (Canadian) $2,000!
The Heckelphone in question sold for $15,000 Canadian. I know because I
played duets with the new owner on Saturday. It is a nice horn, but I
like mine more. There are at least three others in Canada.Rumors, rumors, rumors.
Robert Howe
---------------------------------------------------------From: "Peter Hurd"
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 20:47:20 -0800
Subject: [CB] Heckelphone
Dear Sam,
I read your note in the contrabass digest. 30 years ago, Ponte's Music in N.Y. had a Heckelphone in the window for sale (I know several people who saw this). It was a complete basket case, beyond repair, and Ponte wanted $3000 for it ! This one may be gracing the wall in an apartment in N.Y.C.. I looked almost 20 years to find my first Heckelphone. I was almost to the point of ordering a new one from Heckel, but was strongly advised not to attempt this- the older ones, in the main, are far superior.
I do know from experience that in the realm of finding an existing Heckelphone to purchase you must be quick, resolute, and let nothing stand in your way. I was glad to pay the asking price for both Heckelphones- they are amazing examples and an absolute joy to play- sastisfying beyond my wildest expectations. I will always feel like a kid in a candy store when I play these instruments. Price was the least of it (my banker caved in after half an hour of my gushing about the instrument). About a year ago, I walked into a Seattle pawn shop and saw a bassoon, in fact quite a lovely bassoon. I walked out of the shop having paid a total of $200 U.S. ($300 Cdn.). I suspect that this sort of find just doesn't come along often enough- I am happy to have had a least a taste of it for once.Best wishes,
Peter Hurd
---------------------------------------------------------Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 11:59:47 -0700
From: Grant Green
Subject: [CB] Contrabass Sax FSAnd here's today's little budget buster: an Orsi contrabass sax, on
ebay at http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=504879116.
Current bid is $5,100, but I am sure you are not surprised that the
reserve has not been met ;-) This appears to be the same horn
recently added to the classified page.Enjoy!
Grant
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---------------------------------------------------------From: "Peter Hurd"
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:07:04 -0800
Subject: [CB] Corrections & Additions - "H" List> Dear Grant,
>
> Some more additions and corrections for the Heckelphone list.
> Your efforts on behalf of the Heckelphone are greatly appreciated!!
>
> (ADD) Christieb, Don (arranger)
> -ACHLIEB BEI UNS HERR JESU CHRIST (J. S. Bach) 13
winds, incl bass oboe
> -O GOTT DU FROMMER GOTT
> (Brahms) 13 winds, incl bass oboe
> -HERZLICH TUT MICH ERFRUEN
> (Brahms) 14 winds, incl bass oboe
> -IN DOLCE JUBILO
> (J.S. Bach) 14 winds, incl bass oboe
> -HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN
(Brahms) 11 winds, incl bass oboe
> -IN FESTE BURG
> (J.S. Bach) 13 winds, incl bass oboe
> - DIES SIND DIE HEIL'GEN ZEHN GEBOT
(J.S. Bach) 13 winds, incl bass oboe
>
> (ADD) Broughton, Bruce
> - TRIO FOR OBOES (oboe, Eh, bass oboe)
>
> (ADD) Fleming, Martha
> - QUARTET for oboe, oboe d'amore,EH, and bass oboe
(1928)
>
> (DELETE) Mabry, Mark
> -Quintet for bass oboe and oboe quartet
> (I believe this is the Drake Mabry "Aria")
>
> (CORRECTION) Schoenberg, Arnold
> (remove question marks in front of>
all entries)
>
> (CORRECTION) Spevak, Michael Terrence
> - SOMEWHAT LONG MARCH AND DANCES,
> A Trio for Heckelphone, bassoon, and contra- >
bassoon with percussion (snare drum and timpani)
>
> (DELETE) Wagner, Richard
> - THE RING OF THE NIBELUNGS> (CORRECTION) Motion picture scores and musicals
> (Remove all question marks please)
> COMPOSERS:
> Amram, David
> Kaper, Bronislau
> North, Alex
> Raksin, David
Rosza, Milklos
> FILMS
Charly
> Green Mansions
> The Manchurian Candidate
> Oklahoma (original orchestration)
> The Secret Garden
> Spartacus
> The X-men
>
> Well, I guess that sums it up for the time being. I also have
amended the article, and have dropped the paragraph speculating about
Wagner's intentions for the "Ring"- I will forward the new and expanded
version in a day or two.
> A thousand thanks once again.
> With best wishes,
> Peter
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