From: "Nathaniel Hefferman"
Subject: Re: [CB] [CB Digest]
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 21:10:01 -0500
I'm not sure if this is any help, but the L.A. Sax company makes
straight alto and tenor saxes. You can see examples at
And you can also get them from Keilwerth Instruments:
---Nat Hefferman
> From: "John Kilpatrick"
> Subject: Re: [CB] [CB Digest]
> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 22:51:07 -0000
>
> > Can any of you tell me how I could have a bass
clarinet or even alto
> > clarinet constructed such that it would be completely
straight and
> > exactly proportional in every way to a Bb
clarinet? Of course, the
> > keywork would have to be more like the keywork found
on already existing
> > bass clarinets, but that is the ONLY thing I would
want to be different
> > from a Bb.
>
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From: "Jay and Adrienne Easton"
Subject: [CB] (infra)Sonic Youth
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 10:02:09 -0800
I recently received an email introducing me to a contrabass sax
recording I was not familiar with- I don't recall it being mentioned
here before. Mats Gustafsson's cd "Hidros 3" is an improivisatory
collaboration with rock band Sonic Youth. I'm not certain if he's using
Tubax or full-size contrabas sax, but the little bit I've heard from
the disc sounds more like Tubax. It's a little "out there", but it's an
interesting exploration of some of the extended sounds the instrument
is capable of.
All the best,
Jay
"If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?
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From: David Richoux
Subject: Re: [CB] (infra)Sonic Youth
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 11:31:12 -0800
I posted this last nite but have not seen it yet:
KFJC just got an unusual one-sided, clear vinyl record with
three tracks of Mats Gustafson doing Contra Bass Sax solo
improvisations. He uses the full range of the instrument in a very
free-form way. The first two tracks are about 2 minutes each and the
last is 11 minutes.
Not for everybody!
( There seems to be no contact information on the record so I
don't know how one might find a copy - nothing turns up right away with
a web search. I will ask the music director next week for more details.)
There is a picture enclosed with the record of someone holding a
contrabass sax, but I don't know if it actually is Mats.
Dave Richoux
On Nov 5, 2004, at 10:02 AM, Jay and Adrienne Easton wrote:
> I recently received an email introducing me to a contrabass
sax
> recording I was not familiar with-
> I don't recall it being mentioned here before. Mats
Gustafsson's cd
> "Hidros 3" is an improivisatory collaboration with rock
band Sonic
> Youth. I'm not certain if he's using Tubax or full-size
contrabas sax,
> but the little bit=A0I've heard from the disc sounds more like
Tubax.
> It's a little "out there", but it's an interesting
exploration of some
> of the extended sounds the instrument is capable of.
> All the best,
> Jay
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From: "arthur grossman"
Subject: Re: [CB] (infra)Sonic Youth
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:39:28 -0800
Thanks. What about Eppelsheim's visit?
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