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Contrabass-list Tue, 13 Jan 1998 Volume 1 : Number 91

In this issue:

New pages!
Holiday snaps...
big tuba!
Pictures!

Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 15:54:41 -0800
From: Grant Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
Subject: New pages!

Hi,

Finally sat down this weekend and archived a few digests. Vol. 4, 1-20 are now online (starting about October '97), and more on the way. The current archive index is now http://www.contrabass.com/contra-archive/c-arch4.html . Vol. 3? There were only a few, and I'm still trying to dig them up. I'm sure I've got them around somewhere....

Also, a Finish tubist wrote with suggestions for the orchestration page, so I've added a tuba page at http://www.contrabass.com/pages/orch-tuba.html . Please feel free to take a look and send corrections, comments, brickbats, whatever. Some of this is his, some is just what I've gleaned from several months of reading TUBAEUPH (the tuba & euphonium list).

Enjoy!

Grant

Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 17:30:17 -0800
From: Grant Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
Subject: Holiday snaps...

Hi,

Just got our vacation pictures today, and had a second to go through them. Aside from the usual stuff (cathedrals, canals, Coliseum, etc.) I have the following:

-an ORSI bass tuba (F, I think)
the bell, and separately the body of an ORSI contra sax under construction
several model bassoons, basset clarinets, contrabassoon, and what appears to be a bass sarrusophone, on the wall at ORSI
ORSI model contrabasse ad anche, basset horn, bass flute, contrabassoon, bass sarrusophone
a group of ORSI sopranino saxes, straight and curved, in various stages of assembly
a closeup of the curved sopranino
an antique keyboard panpipe, from ORSI's collection
a new reed contrabass, front and back views
upright cimbasso (ORSI)
ORSI bass sax prototype, front and back views (showing alternate low Bb)
a collection of flutes and flute parts (ORSI)
two shots of the tenor sarrusophone, one including Mr. Perin
the ORSI contrabass sax model, with a new oboe in the foreground
a new ORSI soprano clarinet, in rosewood, plus two closeups
a somewhat blurry shot of the ORSI Bb/A clarinet (it converts by telescoping from Bb to A, with separate tone holes for each configuration), next to an Ab sopranino, from the ORSI collection
a gigantic 5-string bass, from a museum in Florence (also my wife and one daughter)
a vertical harpsichord, same museum
detail of a painting in the Uffizi Gallery, showing a truly bizarre instrument. It has a long, vaguely-dulcimer like body (and strings), with a folded pipe emerging from one end. The player is blowing into a mouthpipe (like a bagpipe), and fingering the bore while plucking the strings with the other hand (no frets).
another detail, showing the adjacent musician playing a long, stick-like instrument with several strings, no frets, no body to speak of.

I'll try to scan and post them over the next week or so. If anyone wants me to start with a particular shot, let me know.Grant

Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 21:18:30 EST
From: BariSaxJzz <BariSaxJzz@aol.com>
Subject: big tuba!

I just got a picture of the "Big Tubas", and I wanted to say, WOW. ITS HUGE! I suggest anyone living within 25 miles of a library get to one and order the 1985 addition of the GUINNES BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS. Its on page 153. Its really neat. Just a suggestion. GRANT: I can scan it if you like.

Nick

Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 13:34:01 -0800
From: Grant Green <gdgreen@contrabass.com>
Subject: Pictures!

Hi,

I'm in the process of uploading a number of jpg images from the visit to Italy and ORSI. I haven't organized them into pages yet, but you're free to download what you want in the meantime. I'm uploading all to a new directory "italy" ( http://www.contrabass.com/italy ). If you paste that url into your browser, you should get a file list (alternatively, paste in ftp://www.contrabass.com/italy - this should work too).

In the absence of an index page, here are descriptions of the files:

*Name*              *Size*  *Description*
5ST-BASS JPG        25,238  An enormous 5 string bass, from a museum in Florence
ANCHE-B  JPG        21,075  The back of a new ORSI contrabass ad anche 
ANCHE-F  JPG        19,539  The front of a new ORSI contrabass ad anche 
ASSORT1  JPG        25,401  A view of the instruments along the ceiling at ORSI
ASSORT2  JPG        27,354  A continuation of ASSORT1.JPG
BB-A-AB  JPG        21,842  The ORSI Bb/A clarinet, and an Ab sopranino 
BS-SAX1  JPG        34,518  The ORSI bass sax prototype
BS-SAX2  JPG        35,048  The back of the prototype, showing the thumb Bb alternate
CB-SAX   JPG        58,204  The ORSI contrabass sax model (with a new oboe foreground)
CBSAX-BD JPG        38,778  An unfinished CB sax body 
CBSAX-BL JPG        17,779  An unfinished CB sax bell 
CIMBASSO JPG        51,986  An ORSI upright cimbasso
NINO-1   JPG        32,600  Closeup of an ORSI curved Eb sopranino sax 
NINOS    JPG        24,958  Unfinished sopraninos, straight and curved 
PANPIPE  JPG        24,466  ORSI's keyboard panpipe
TEN-SAR1 JPG        54,929  Tenor sarrusophone, held by Mr. Perin 
TEN-SAR2 JPG        72,252  Another view of the tenor sarrusophone 
WEIRD1   JPG        29,934  A closeup of the dulcimer bagpipe, from a painting in the Uffizi Gallery.

Enjoy!

Grant

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