A Sub-Contrabass Flute!! http://www.gwr.org/flutes/articles/double-contra.htm (At least I though it neat!)...
Steve Weinert
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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
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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...
Bob Greenwade
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Jun 6, 2001 4:32 pm
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... I think that Eva Kingma may still be making contrabasses, although US$12K sounds more like the price of her open-hole bass flute. Definitely not a PVC horn...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
Jun 6, 2001 6:54 pm
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Speaking of interesting (even though non-sarrusophone) rarities, it appears that Heckel may revive the piccolo heckelphone for a short run. The following...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
Jun 6, 2001 11:54 pm
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Again not exactly Sarrusophonic, but while buying a Cello for my eldest son (12), the elderly gentleman we dealt with mentioned that he thought he recongized...
... In our small city in Wisconsin, population 5000, there is a photo at the public library from the 1920s showing what I'll assume is a contrabass ...
Jim Quist
jim@...
Jul 5, 2001 12:24 am
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Jim & I have figured out we live within an easy drive of each other. We're doing a bit better for double reeds in my County - each Elementary School in the...
Steve Weinert
srw@...
Jul 8, 2001 2:19 am
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... Bass ... Yeah!! This 1919 Vintage Conn Bb Bass Sax in now in my workshop!...
Steve Weinert
srw@...
Jul 14, 2001 2:38 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...
Jul 14, 2001 12:52 pm
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Just ran across a page while web surfing (http://www.internationalfilmmusicservices.com/ifms.playerofmonth1.htm ) which mentions that Eppelsheim (inventor of...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
Jul 17, 2001 11:17 pm
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The Tubax is at: http://www.usahorn.com/new/rare/rare.html# neat video clips! ... (http://www.internationalfilmmusicservices.com/ifms.playerofmonth1.htm ... ...
Steve Weinert
srw@...
Jul 18, 2001 2:51 am
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... I haven't, though it's cool to note that someone besides Orsi is now making sarrusophones. Hopefully Eppelsheim will start expanding into other sizes as...
Bob Greenwade
bob.greenwade@...
Jul 18, 2001 3:43 pm
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There is a Gautrot Eb contrabass sarrusophone for sale right now on eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1449633003). Looks a lot like...
Grant Green
gdgreen@...
Jul 24, 2001 6:59 pm
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... Hi, Grant, The high D alternate key is present on this instrument--like the Conn model, it is operated by the right thumb and is situated on the rear. What...
Peter Boris Koval
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Jul 25, 2001 12:50 pm
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Here's a Conn Eb contrabass sarrusophone for sale at ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1462063056 Best of luck! Grant ...
Grant Green
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Sep 5, 2001 7:06 pm
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The good news is that there is another sarrusophone for sale. However - it is a soprano. Still, and interesting instrument. The owner inherited it from his...
Just noticed this one on ebay: a set of six Orsi sarrusophones, 19th century, restored playable condition. Don't yet know what sizes, pitches, etc., but have...
From my correspondence with the owner, it appears that the prototypes here are Orsi model instruments. All Orsi instruments are made by hand. For instruments...
Robert Howe is selling his Couesnon Eb contrabass sarrusophone, amongst other things, to finance a contrabassoon (amongst other things). It is not lacquered,...
Forgot to mention yesterday: Robert is also selling a late model Orsi Bb soprano sarrusophone. Asking US$2K, I think, but check with Robert directly. I've...
Here's one you don't see every day. Ebay has a tubax for sale at http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1498237992. Opening bid US$17K, "Buy...
Thought you might be interested... ... Enjoy! Grant ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grant Green gdgreen@... Sarrusophones,...
While looking up the answer to another question off-line, I came across a reference to the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. According to G. Joppig, the PWO (and...
The next San Jose Wind Symphony concert (Saturday, February 16, 2002; http://www.sjws.org/index2.htm) will include a contrabass sarrusophone :-) We're playing...
This was just posted to the doublereed list: Buonasera. I possess a instrument by "Ferdinando Roth e Maino Orsi" in Milano. I want to sell this instrument;...
After looking at the photo more carefully, I see that the instrument is actually a reed contrabass (http://www.contrabass.com/pages/anche.html), NOT a...
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