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Contrabass-list Tue, 10 Feb 1998 Volume 1 : Number 113
In this issue:
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 14:41:13 -0800
From: Grant
Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
Subject: More
symptoms
Just a note/warning,
The "You may be a contrabass maniac" page has been updated. Nick made a number of good suggestions, some of which I've used. And, I've added a couple more of my own. I've decided to simply keep a list of contributors at the bottom of the page, so nobody needs to confess to submitting any particular symptom ;-) Or, you can remain anonymous if you'd rather...
Grant
"You may be a contrabass maniac if: the USGS now checks your practice schedule before reporting any seismic activity..."
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 14:41:58
-0800
From: Grant Green
<gdgreen@contrabass.com>
Subject: Re: 4-valve
brass...
At 03:26 PM 2/8/98 +0000, Philip wrote:
>Regarding a posting some time ago, I have played a 4 valve Miraphone Eb
>alto horn. It was oval with 4 rotary valves and wrapped so a horn player
>could finger with his or her left hand. It played great.
>I also own a 4 valve Getzen Fluegelhorn, and it plays surprisingly well.
>Great low range including the pedal notes.
I've seen the Getzen in the Brasswind catalog, and have been wondering about it. Since I pretty much ignored brass until relatively recently (aside from my fling with bass trombone in HS/college), I'm still fairly ignorant of which makers are reputable. Are Getzens generally acceptable?
We just rented "Brassed Off" last weekend, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I mainly enjoyed the music: my wife enjoys anything with a British accent ;-)
Grant
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 14:45:13 -0800
From: Grant
Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
Subject: Re:
Acoustics
On Fri, 06 Feb 1998 00:26:14 -0500 ROBERT HOWE said:
>Try J Acoustical Society America, but I have no address.
>Regards, Robert
Thanks Robert. I managed to find the ASA on the web ( http://ojps.aip.org/jasa/ ). Apparently, the journal subscription comes with membership in the ASA. They're sending me an application now (for a non-professional "associate" membership).
Grant
Date: 10 Feb 98 14:50:19 -0800
From:
"JMULLER.US.ORACLE.COM"
<JMULLER@us.oracle.com>
Subject: various
Grant, saw the passing reference to you in a recent SJ Mercury News article about your band director: you are the 'attorney on contrabass clarinet', no?
More items for the maniac list:
(Happened to me!)
Jeff
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 15:07:03 -0800
From: Grant
Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
Subject: Re:
various
At 02:50 PM 2/10/98 -0800, you wrote:
> Grant, saw the passing reference to you in a recent SJ Mercury News article
>about your band director: you are the 'attorney on contrabass clarinet', no?
Yes, that's me. Actually, you can see me in one of the pictures. OK, its just the top of my head. In the picture on the second page, you can see my graying hair just over the string bass player's stand, to the left of our balding bass clarinetist. The bell of the contra is just visible toward the left side of the picture.
> More items for the maniac list:
>You've ever found a foreign object in the bell
> And the object was larger than a golf ball
> And the object was larger than a baseball
> You've ever lost an object in the bell
> and it was a pet
> and it was the music for the concert you just played
> (Happened to me!)
I found a box of reeds stuffed down the bell of my contrabass sarrusophone - after it had been overhauled, and I'd been playing it a few weeks!
> Your neckstrap requires more padding than your seat.
> You have to warn the players around you when you're going to move your
>horn.
.... and it makes a high-pitched beeping sound as you back up ....
> Your replacement pads are larger than a quarter
> o a silver dollar
> o a coaster
o a frisbee
> Jeff
Thanks, I'll use these!
Grant
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