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2001-09-26

 
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 15:50:16 -0700
From: Grant Green
Subject: [CB] Concert 10/7/01
 

It's concert time again :-)  This concert looks like mainly bass clarinet, with some Eb contra...

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The San Jose Wind Symphony with guest conductor, Dr. Ed Harris, will perform its first concert of the season on Sunday, October 7, 2001, at 3 PM at Spangenberg Theatre on the campus of Gunn High School, 780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto.

This concert is sponsored in part by the Music Department of Gunn High School.  Tickets are $15 for adults; $12 for seniors/students and children 14 and under will be admitted FREE with accompanying adult.  For more information about SJWS or this concert please call 408 927 7597 or visit our web site at www.sjws.org

Contact:

Jan Turnage
turnage@sjws.org

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Program "Visions and Fantasies"
 

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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 15:54:39 -0700
From: David Richoux
Subject: Re: [CB] within five miles of sea-shore
 
 

Jim Quist wrote:

> TUBA FISHING
>
> Whereas it is expedient to place restriction on the use of tuba for fishing. I hereby enact as follows:-
>
> The use of tuba is prohibited in all running streams or navigable river by all persons without the special sanction of the Resident or Officer in Charge of the District, who, however, shall not grant such sanction to any, excepting Dyaks, to fish with tuba excepting when it is proposed to throw the tuba within five miles of the sea-shore, and permission to Dyaks to fish with tuba shall only be granted occasionally.
>
> Any person using tuba without permission to do so will be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty five dollars.
>
> ---end excerpt---

it took a lot of scrolling to get to item 44, but the Tuba Fishing Ordinance (Cap
39) which came into force in 1947 must be searched for on another site, I guess...
lawyers !

On the other hand, is the list aware of the Tuba Sex Force? I learned about it from
the former tuba player from the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and have witnessed it's
mystery on many occasions. The method is simple: put the bell of a tuba or
sousaphone pointing directly to the lower abdomen of a female human being (very
close - less than 3 inches or 75mm for all you metric people,) play a variety of
tones, notes, volumes - it does not matter much what you do but lower tones seem to
have more effect...

give it a try and see what happens ;-)

I don't know if the various keyed contrabass instruments would have the same effect
because the sonic sex energy would be dissipated out the side holes   :-)

anyway,

the silly season is going strong!

Dave Richoux
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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 15:58:38 -0700
From: Grant Green
Subject: Re: [CB] within five miles of sea-shore

>Has this issue been discussed here before?
>
>http://www.cljlaw.com/cases/nor_nyawai_.html

Hmmmmmm ..... nope!
 

>TUBA FISHING
>
>Whereas it is expedient to place restriction on the use of tuba for
>fishing. I hereby enact as follows:-
>
>The use of tuba is prohibited in all running streams or navigable
>river by all persons without the special sanction of the Resident or
>Officer in Charge of the District, who, however, shall not grant
>such sanction to any, excepting Dyaks, to fish with tuba excepting
>when it is proposed to throw the tuba within five miles of the
>sea-shore, and permission to Dyaks to fish with tuba shall only be
>granted occasionally.
>
>Any person using tuba without permission to do so will be liable to
>a fine not exceeding twenty five dollars.

Fortunately, this applies only in Malaysia.  I wonder if they scoop
the fish up with the tuba, or use it to stun them by playing
particularly low notes ;-)

Grant

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Grant Green
Sarrusophones, contrabass reeds, &
other brobdignagian acoustic exotica             http://www.contrabass.com
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From: Heliconman
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 22:30:56 EDT
Subject: Re: [CB] within five miles of sea-shore

In a message dated 9/25/01 7:01:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gdgreen writes:
 

> Fortunately, this applies only in Malaysia.  I wonder if they scoop
> the fish up with the tuba, or use it to stun them by playing
> particularly low notes ;-)
>
> Grant
 
"Tuba" must have a different definition here. It seems to apply to the
practice of poisoning large quantities of fish - generally more than are
needed in one harvest. But this info was gleaned after only about 20 minutes
with a search engine.

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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 21:07:21 -0700
From: "Chuck Guzis"
Subject: Re: [CB] within five miles of sea-shore

On 9/25/2001, Heliconman wrote:
 

>"Tuba" must have a different definition here. It seems to apply to the practice of poisoning large quantities of >fish - generally more than are needed in one harvest. But this info was gleaned after only about  minutes with >a search engine.


"Tuba" in much of the world means the fermented (or sometimes unfermeted) sap or juice of one of various palms, the most common being that of the coconut palm flower.

In other words, Pacific Moonshine.

Here's an interesting link that talks all about it:

http://www.gsilink.com/~go2net/drink.html

Cheers,
Chuck
 

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From: LeliaLoban
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 11:19:45 EDT
Subject: [CB] Squawks

Craig Durham wrote,
>John Kilpatrick reports having more luck with Rico reeds than
Vandoren - to his surprise. I'm not surprised; I've had the same
experience with bass and contra-alto (bass sax).>

Same here.  I play a 1926 Conn bass sax with a Buescher 3 mouthpiece that's
probably the original.  The Rico reeds fit that short, fat mouthpiece.  The
Vandorens are too long and a smidge too narrow for it.  I squeak like crazy
with the Vandorens.  Never thought I'd catch myself recommending "plain old
Ricos" for anything (I play several other single reed instruments and use
plain Ricos on *none* of them), but the Ricos are the best reeds I've found
for this old bass.

Commiserations with the person who asked about a secure bass sax stand, btw.
You notice I'm not here to recommend one....  :-)
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From: LeliaLoban
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 11:10:33 EDT
Subject: [CB] Funny-looking horns

Dr. Carole Nowicke wrote,
>>I'm sure then, Chuck, you can remember the instrumentation of his dance
band in "The Abominable Dr. Phibes."   There was at least one Sousaphone
played by mechanical musicians, no?>>

Pardon an intrusion by a non-Chuck -- can't resist butting in re. my
second-favorite mad organist!  No sousaphone, but the mechanical band does
include a tuba, along with piano, percussion, metal clarinet, accordion,
trumpet and alto sax.  The mechanical musicians in Dr. Phibes Clockwork
Wizards are like those on a music box: strictly decorative.  They look like
mannequins.  Their motions don't match up with the music and their
instruments don't match the soundtrack.  The pianist's hands are mitten-type
things with non-moving fingers, for instance.  He just moves the whole hands
up and down like paddles.  The instrumentation on the soundtrack is a dance
orchestra that includes strings.

On the MGM Midnite Movies DVD (no extras except a trailer, but
bargain-priced), the band plays for the first time in Scene 2, "Dance of
Death."  Dr. Phibes "conducts" until Vulnavia makes her grand entrance in a
white and gold formal, with a train, no less, for a happy interlude of
ballroom dancing before they go out to stage an elaborately creative murder.

Inquiring minds debate:  Is Vulnavia mechanical, too?  If so, she's a rather
more advanced model than the Clockwork Wizards!
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