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2001-06-12

 
From: "Jean Adler"
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:34:02 -0500
Subject: [CB] music

I hope someone out there can give me some advice.  My husband and I have
many boxes of music that belonged to his grandfather when he directed a
small community band for something like fifty years.  we are looking for an
organization we can donate the music to.  Any suggestions?  We are planning
to move in the near future and don't want to throw the music away.

Thanks,
Jean Adler

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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:55:15 -0700
From: "Chuck Guzis"
Subject: Re: [CB] music

Jean,

There are probably about a zillion bands that would gladly take the music off your hands (I can think of several close to home) and give you a tax deduction to boot.  Why not drop a line to Ron Boerger, rboerger@io.com,  the moderator of the Community-Music list and see if he has any suggestions on how to best handle your bonanaza?

Best regards,
Chuck Guzis
 

 On 6/11/2001,  Jean Adler  wrote:
>I hope someone out there can give me some advice.  My husband and I have
>many boxes of music that belonged to his grandfather when he directed a
>small community band for something like fifty years.  we are looking for an
>organization we can donate the music to.  Any suggestions?  We are planning
>to move in the near future and don't want to throw the music away.
>
>Thanks,
>Jean Adler
 

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From: "Mats Öljare"
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 01:14:29 -0000
Subject: [CB] piccoloes, musette

How is the piccolo heckelphone tuned? Does it have any features that are
different from an oboe? Also, i'm looking for info on the Musette. Some oboe
makers offer one, which usually appears to be identical to the oboe except
for being smaller in size. Please respond if you know more about them and
what they are used for.

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From: ZIPPYTPH
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:38:44 EDT
Subject: Re: [CB] music

I am the band director at a Christian School in decatur, Illinois.  We have
no music budget.  My fellow band directors from the public schools have been
nice enough to lend me music for the last three years.  I would be very
interested in any music of any kind you might have.  we could give you a
receipt for tax purposes if you wish to make a donation.

sande hackel

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From: "Tracey Jones"
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:49:43 -0500
Subject: Re: [CB] music to donate

Have you contacted the local schools, Jean? A school band might appreciate
the gift...
Tracey

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From: Opusnandy
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 00:46:43 EDT
Subject: Re: [CB] piccoloes, musette
 

In a message dated 6/11/01 8:15:32 PM, oljare writes:

<< How is the piccolo heckelphone tuned? Does it have any features that are
different from an oboe? Also, i'm looking for info on the Musette. Some oboe
makers offer one, which usually appears to be identical to the oboe except
for being smaller in size. Please respond if you know more about them and
what they are used for. >>

The piccolo Heckelphone is pitched in F, an octave above the English Horn.
It is pretty much a tiny Heckelphone rather than a tiny oboe, although I
think it only descends to written B rather than the A on most bass
Heckelphones.  The idea behind it's concept was to make a sopranino voiced
reed instrument that was capable of cutting through the large, late romantic
orchestras.  The musette, also pitched in F or sometimes in Eb , does not
have the volume that the piccolo Heckelphone has.  The modern musette is
esentially the same as an oboe, only higher pitched.  Originally it was a
little different, more like a bagpipe chanter.

Jonathan Carreira
Carreira Music Productions
http://www.angelfire.com/music3/cmusicprod
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From: "Jean Adler"
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 08:58:02 -0500
Subject: [CB] thanks

Thanks to all of you for the advice and suggestions for donating music.
Now, I will need to decide how to go about getting this all out.
I will be away for a few days and will contact those of you who are
interested in the near future.
Thanks again.

Jean Adler

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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:17:23 -0400
From: "John Webster"
Subject: Re: [CB] thanks

If you are in thhe South Fl area, I have three community concert bands, all of whom oculd use music.  Particularly our newest,  the "Royal Palm Beach Community Band"  John

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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 08:29:39 -0700
From: Grant Green
Subject: Re: [CB] piccolos, musette
 

>How is the piccolo heckelphone tuned? Does it have any features that
>are different from an oboe? Also, i'm looking for info on the
>Musette. Some oboe makers offer one, which usually appears to be
>identical to the oboe except for being smaller in size. Please
>respond if you know more about them and what they are used for.
>
> MATS ÖLJARE

I don't know of anyone who's actually played one, but they're supposed to be higher and louder than oboes, with a more shawm-like timbre.  The keywork may differ quite a bit: many heckelphones (bass) were made with German system keywork rather than the Conservatoire that is essentially standard for oboes.  The last piccolo heckelphone was made around 1916: what system was prevalent then?  Probably one of the decisions Heckel will need to make first is what sort of keywork to offer on the new heckelphones.  I suspect that the original models were all "simple system", and that many people interested in them now will be expecting Conservatoire.

Robert, you're our resident oboe historian: any thoughts?

Grant

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