I´m happy to anounce that I just joined the small world of sarrusophone players. I bought a 1920 Conn contrabass sarrusophone and already used it in the local...
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Jan 17, 2001 5:11 pm
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... Congratulations on your acquisition, Jens. Are you playing the sarrusophone exclusively for the bari part, or just on that one song? Hopefully, someone...
Bob Greenwade
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Jan 18, 2001 5:34 pm
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The home page for this list (given below) was down for a while, as the Crosswinds folks were in the process of upgrading their servers. It's not back in...
Bob Greenwade
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Jan 19, 2001 10:58 pm
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... Oops... That should read, "It's *now* back in place." :#] ... Bob's Original Hero Stuff Page! [Circle of HEROS member] ...
Bob Greenwade
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Jan 20, 2001 3:20 pm
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LOL, I don't think many people would have noticed it though. Jacob...
ArcLucifer@...
Jan 20, 2001 7:17 pm
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... Probably. But it's good to have there, for the casual browser interested in sarrusophones, for those looking for some decent quartet arrangements (which...
Bob Greenwade
bob.greenwade@...
Jan 21, 2001 3:36 pm
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I meant "I don't think anyone will have noticed your grammatical mistake". Sorry if you got the wrong idea, I wasn't trying to be offensive or anything. Jacob...
ArcLucifer@...
Jan 23, 2001 8:31 pm
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... Ah! Now I see! ... Oh, no! No offense taken! It's not like this is the hottest list on eGroups right now or anything. I try to look at these things...
Bob Greenwade
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Jan 24, 2001 4:37 pm
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<< Oh, no! No offense taken! It's not like this is the hottest list on eGroups right now or anything. I try to look at these things practically and...
ArcLucifer@...
Jan 24, 2001 8:12 pm
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... Hi Jacob, I'd be happy to play a duet on sarrusophone: just find me a bass player, and the music ;-) I've been taking my sarrusophone along to practice...
Grant Green
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Jan 24, 2001 9:02 pm
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<< I'd be happy to play a duet on sarrusophone: just find me a bass player, and the music ;-) >> Just need to commission a composer to write it first :-). I...
ArcLucifer@...
Jan 24, 2001 9:53 pm
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... Oh, any duet written for string basses (or bass and cello) should work fine ;-) ... Nope, it was an Eb contrabass. He just didn't see me walk in with it ...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
Jan 25, 2001 12:01 am
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... No, you just need to mention it in the presence of someone who writes music, and takes great pleasure in perverse challenges. ;-] So this would be for......
Bob Greenwade
bob.greenwade@...
Jan 26, 2001 12:28 am
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Looks like an Eb contra, no reserve, at http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1406240115 Before you get too excited, though, it looks from the...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
Jan 26, 2001 7:54 pm
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Hello, Just wanted to drop a note from this aspiring sarrusophonist - I'm searching for a horn (investigating local defunct music outlets and schools). I...
Steve Weinert
srw@...
Feb 19, 2001 3:29 am
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... Welcome to the list, Steve! It's pretty low-traffic, sometimes with weeks passing between posts, but when it is active here it can get pretty interesting...
Bob Greenwade
bob.greenwade@...
Feb 19, 2001 3:51 pm
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There is currently a reed contrabass (aka contrabasse ad anche) listed for sale at eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1417474571), ...
Grant Green
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Mar 20, 2001 12:38 am
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... From: "Grant Green" <gdgreen@...> To: <Sarrusophone@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 8:36 PM Subject: [Sarrusophone] Reed...
... Yes, this is a rothophone: essentially it is a sarrusophone in the shape of a sax. Should sound almost identical to a sarrusophone of the same pitch,...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
Apr 14, 2001 1:30 am
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Here is what the owner replied: Hi! Thanks for your interest in the Rothophone. I believe it is in E flat and yes I have played it. It takes an oboe reed so it...
Steve Weinert
srw@...
Apr 16, 2001 1:53 am
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More from his cited reference: Rothphone or Saxorusophone Hanslick's criticism of new names in connection with every improvement to a musical instrument was...
Steve Weinert
srw@...
Apr 16, 2001 1:58 am
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Sarrusophone group. File : /Not quite...
Sarrusophone@yahoogro...
Apr 16, 2001 2:02 am
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Sarrusophone alert! Not a contrabass, but at least a tenor, at eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1431856973), opening bid $2K. ...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
May 18, 2001 5:23 pm
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Just goofing around over lunch... I've just uploaded a version of Charles Mingus' "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" arranged for Eb contrabass sarrusophone and 4 bass...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
May 22, 2001 9:46 pm
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... A very interesting sound here, Grant. I'm hard pressed to say whether it sounds better than some of the stuff I've done with a sarrusophone soundfont......
Bob Greenwade
bob.greenwade@...
May 23, 2001 3:56 pm
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A Sub-Contrabass Flute!! http://www.gwr.org/flutes/articles/double-contra.htm (At least I though it neat!)...
Steve Weinert
srw@...
Jun 2, 2001 1:08 am
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... I did too. I'm left wondering how tall this girl is, and whether she got a sound out of the thing. Grant, did you pass this on to your contrabass fans?...
Bob Greenwade
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Jun 5, 2001 4:29 pm
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... Hi Bob, Actually, I didn't, because they saw the same picture last Fall (see http://www.tubastuff.com/dcflute.html and ...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
Jun 5, 2001 5:29 pm
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... <http://www.contrabass.com/2000/2000-08-28.html).> Well, in a way you actually did, then; you just did it before it showed up here. :-] ... You're going...