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Jan 3, 2003 4:57 pm
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Wow!! Very cool! I had read about Carl and his arthroscope a while back, but this is scary! Who knows what's lurking in the deep recesses of your instrument. ...
Hello Harry, CJS is quite concerned about what he's seeing, too. He promises to get a web site up devoted to it in the future. I had contacted him to see if he...
This is true, but there is one more!! _________________________________________________________________ Charla con tus amigos en línea mediante MSN Messenger:...
Juan, At least the iso-8859-1 handler worked with the subject line (one step better than the IDRS listserv.)<grin> What's the good word from Costa Rica? ...
A friend of mine is on the administration staff for a youth symphony that is buying a contra right now and the instrument they are currently looking at is a...
There are generally two options for an alternate E-flat on contra, either the right thumb ( as you suggest) or the right first finger. I am certain that there...
Arthur Grossman
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Jan 19, 2003 7:45 pm
1039
Hello!, I think that key is very important, you are not going to use it all the time, but there are some places you must, if you can have it, it's better! ... ...
Hello!, I think thata key is very important, you are not going to use it all the time, but there are some places you must, if you can have it, it's better! ......
I subbed (on contra) with a local regional orchestra this weekend, and at one of the rehearsals the personnel manager made an announcement about some upcoming...
Oh...well,...The key word here is "Manager"...She wanted you to play both in the same instant... ... From: ContraReed@... To: contrabassoon@yahoogroups.com...
Of course, she is not a contra player!!!! ... _________________________________________________________________ MSN Fotos: la forma más fácil de compartir e...
I used to have an Adler contra, before being seduced by a F*x - it was a reasonable sounding, well made instrument, but not up to the professional models....
I've lived without either alternate E-flat keys (right thumb or right first finger) for over 30 years of some serious contra playing. It can be done. A couple...
Hi Ask the Band Director, especially if he is a clarinetist, if he would seriously consider buying any type of clarinet-fingered instrument that DID NOT have...
gbur
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Jan 20, 2003 5:52 pm
1049
Bruce, I don't think your analogy to the clarinet's left pinky keys and the oboe's alternate E-flat and F keys with the contra's E-flat keys works. While the...
... From: gbur Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 9:52 AM Until the acoustical wizards at Fox (Hi Chip!) design a mechanism that would allow us to play a forked...
... When Chip made my contra he told me about the left little finger alternate Eb key that several professionals were using and I had him install that. I use...
I have really enjoyed all of the various opinions about alternate Eb keys. It has justified the variety of alternate Eb's that are available. When I started...
Hi all! I've been lurking for quite a while now, and I feel it's time for me to make my debut. I'm a junior music student at West Chester Univ. in Pa, and our...
Mike Millard
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Jan 21, 2003 1:48 pm
1056
Re: contra Eb keys, etc. Hello all, I'm not really a contrabassoonist as such, but I do have a wonderful Fox contra which has the left thumb Eb and articulated...
Thanks to everyone who voiced their opinions on the alternate Eb keys. I actually had no idea that there were that many different options out there (I’ve...
I have been a little surprised at all the responses regarding the Eb alternate keys. I have always used the standard Eb that comes on all contras. In fact,...
Roger SOREN
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Jan 21, 2003 7:45 pm
1059
Hello Mike, According to the limited records I have at home West Chester University has Fox Contra #7. The original ship date for it was in January of 1973....
nope, no right forefinger Eb, and I lied about the left hand key, it's between the left middle finger and forefinger, when I first started playing the contra I...
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