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2005-01-15

 
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:05:48 -0500
Subject: Re: [CB] [CB Digest]
From: Robert Howe


HI Grant

I want the ophi and the Getzen and the Kleinstuber, especially the ophi. Don't you dare put any of them on Ebay.

Whose HP are you buying?  What serial number?  I can probably tell you about it.

Robert

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From: Jack Plovanich
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:29:34 -0600
Subject: [CB] Bass Trumpet


Hi,
I'd be interested in your bass trumpet. How much do you want for it?

Jack Plovanich
Kenosha,  WI
262-657-7709

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From: "Jay and Adrienne Easton"
Subject: [CB] Big saxes in the Midwest...
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:45:42 -0800


Hello all,

I am excited and honored to have been invited by Eugene Rousseau to present a bass saxophone oriented masterclass and solo recital at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on Monday, April 4th, 2005.  Since I am making the trip by van, I would love to expand this into a "mini-tour", and so I am looking for additional bookings along the I-90 corridor between Seattle and Minneapolis. I am also open to possibilities within a 6 hour or so driving radius of Minneapolis. I can offer a masterclass discussing the history and development of the low end of the saxophone family, and a solo concert performance program that includes bass clarinet and baritone, bass, contrabass, and subcontrabass saxophones.  Since this is relatively last-minute,  I would be grateful for any suggestions as to colleges, universities, etc. that would be in this area that may be interested in adding an unusual and unique concert and/or clinic to their Spring calendar. Thanks, and I hope to visit a Town Near You soon!

All the best,

Jay Easton
www.jayeaston.com


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Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:16:36 -0800
From: "Grant Green"
Subject: [CB] The Horns!


OK, I've now posted high-resolution (I hope) pictures of all the horns, as well as most of the relevant details. I'm supposed to be packing right now, but...  Also, a few glass of wine have no doubt affected my coherence, but I'm not signing anything tonight ;-)

Anyway! Go to http://www.contrabass.com/Auction/Instrument_Auction.html, and you should find the lead-in page. I've just uploaded megabytes of digital pictures: you should be able to download them and zoom in to an arbitrary level of detail. I'm really sorry if you have a dial-up account: these pictures will take forever to view (fortunately for you, they're linked, and not part of the main page). In my haste, I've probably not posted enough, or missed the critical parts. Please feel free to send inquiries, but understand that I may not be able to answer anything before 1/24/05. I'll be in Tahiti, and I'm not sure what kind of connectivity I'll have (or how much time I'll have to take advantage of any connectivity that may exist there). (ASSISTANT LIST MANAGERS: I HOPE SOMEONE WILL BE AROUND!)

Many people have written and asked about prices. Geeze, I don't know. Most of these horns I've had for quite a few years, and never expected to be selling them. I haven't even kept track of what I paid for them. I'm not out to gouge anyone, but I do need to realize a fair price for everything: even at the price I'm getting for the heckelphone, it is still not inexpensive. Let's just say they'll each go for the "best offer", and I'll promise to be as fair as possible with everyone.

And now for a couple hours of sleep, before packing...

Enjoy,

Grant

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Grant Green       Contrabass.com
Sarrusophones & contrabass winds
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From: "Wik Bohdanowicz"
Subject: Re: [CB] Why are non-transposing low brass said to be in Bb?
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 09:35:47 -0000


>Wik, what do you do ...   AND transposed?
>I know--ask for a treble clef part! :)

In my case I'd prefer is bass clef!

>So, as one who plays BBb CC Eb and F tubas, I need to know 4 different sets of fingerings.

Most of the time I play EEb instruments with occasional visits to BBb, and Bb.  The interest comes with the two serpents (one church and one military) which are nominally in C but have different fingerings, and the ophicleides which not only have different fingerings but those fingerings need adjustment for the loudness of the note.  I've just bought myself a helicon in F so there is yet another set of fingerings to learn.

The Serpent can go down well below the fundamental just on the lip depending on the player.  At least no fingering is involved.  Keyed serpents (especially military ones) seem to play pretty well to pitch.  Church serpents are rather more flexible.  At the Serpent 400th birthday celebration one of the pieces played by the massed Serpents was the Elephant.  Second theme, first time through no problems.  Second time through, up a semitone saw the keyed serpent players madly flapping keys to get the notes whilst many of the church serpent players just relaxed and used the same fingering lipping the notes it up.

Wik

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Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:38:47 -0800
From: "Grant Green"
Subject: Re: [CB] Why are non-transposing low brass said to be in Bb?


The trick is that (at least in the US) bass clef brass instruments are all treated as non-transposing (all parts written in concert pitch), but this doesn't apply to the woodwinds. In US practice, the only bass clef woodwinds are the bassoon and contrabassoon. French horns sometimes play in bass clef: I think whether that is written in concert pitch or transposed is left to the arranger's whim. ;-)

Enjoy,

Grant

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From: "Peter A. Schmid"
Subject: [CB] contrabass clarinet MPs
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:55:36 +0100

Hi
For me the best mouthpieces for cbcl are made by Clark W.Forbes. He has one model "debut" that is in addition certainly one of the cheapest MPs for cbcl (USD 99!). On Forbes MPs the new synthetic cbcl reeds by  Legère (that can also be used for bass saxophones) work and sound much better than any cane reed!
Ceck it out!

Best regards

Peter A.Schmid
www.paschart.ch

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From: "John Kilpatrick"
Subject: [CB] CB mouthpieces
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:07:44 -0000


>Don't waste your money. If you think you want to try another MP, go with
>something better like a Clark Fobes Debut, which is a nice MP and a really
>good deal at $89!

That's what I did, and it solved most of my BBb playing problems. Furthermore, Clark sent me two mouthpieces on approval to UK, and I sent one back (I could have sent both back). The postage was not excessive, and customs didn't charge me any duty. His site is http://www.clarkwfobes.com/ . I had to buy a ligature from somewhere else and got a Rovner 4RL - this is OK but could be 1mm or 2mm smaller, so it would be worth trying first or getting on approval if you can.
John K


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From: "John Kilpatrick"
Subject: [CB] Transposing instruments
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 11:29:30 -0000


> I don't know of any other instruments where the basic pitch of the
> instrument within the same family regularly demands that the player
> learn a specific set of fingerings.

Do oboe/oboe d'amore/cor anglais have the same problem also?

Here's a method for reading bass clef on the BBb clarinet, which almost works for me (probably would have done 40 years ago!). You have to have been a player of Eb alto sax and Bb clarinet, and be used to transposing parts between the two, for this to make sense. Change the clef to treble, add three sharps, and try to convince yourself that you're reading a sax part. Perhaps part of the brain finds it easy, as the fingering for the same pitch on these instruments is the same as the difference between the upper and lower registers on the clarinet: concert C = A on Alto sax, D on clarinet; upper A and lower D are the same fingering on the clarinet.
John K

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From: "Gordon Hallgren"
Subject: Re: [CB] CB mouthpieces
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 09:59:26 -0500


glad you brought that up! i forgot to mention it!  - i had no luck with the 4RL ligature and had to go down (up?) to a 3RL (the same one i use on my bass clarinet!).

cheers!
gordon

> I had to buy a ligature from somewhere else and got a Rovner 4RL - this
> is OK but could be 1mm or 2mm smaller, so it would be worth trying first
> or getting on approval if you can.
> John K


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