(OK, OK...but who would carry a "big duffel bag" into a restaurant?...) FBI Urges Increased Vigilance for July 4 July 2, 2004 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at...
Hello Richard, I had a New York state trooper stop me once (c.1991), looked at the gig bag and asked me if I was going hunting... G. ... restaurant?...) ... ...
Definitely Schoenbach. Nice photo. Check out the wing joint! Looks like a high E AND high F, but no E-F# trill? Looks like he's trying out instruments, maybe?...
I have to disagree about the high F, Harry. Ignoring the mechanism, the two pad cups are located appropriately for the normal E/F# trill and high E tone holes....
... the ... OK, Chip, I looked at it more carefully and it is the normal E/F# trill & high E set up, I guess the offset spatulas confused me. But what also ...
I suspect that Schoenbach's high E was installed by someone other than Heckel, probably Hans Moennig. That picture dates from a period when a high E key was...
I was a student of Schoenbach's at a time somewhat after that, but I remember clearly that he told me that Moennig's placement of the high E tone hole was...
Does anyone have the E-mail address of Jaun deGoumar? Tim Chance...
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Jul 21, 2004 1:47 pm
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Has anyone played both the FAST system and the contraforte? If so, what opinion do you have between the two. Also, when was the contraforte officially declared...
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Unfortunately I haven't tried any but have heard great things about both. But one question: Who would be the right authority to "officially declare" the ...
Dear all, Ensemble Modern, RAH London, Messiaen, 23rd July 2004. I think I've spotted a Contraforte being played at the proms* tonight. It's in a performance...
I have played both. The Fox-Fast contra IS a contra bassoon with added venting keys. The bore is the same the regular Fox contras. The Contra Forte is NOT a...
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... what ... ________________________________________________________________________ Oh, oh, you asked for it, Tim! I've tried both on several different...
... From: Harry Searing Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 10:19 AM <<I've tried Wolff's Contraforte four different times, first at the IDRS 2002 convention in Banff,...
I have to agree with Harry. The contraforte is a contrabassoon. What else could it be? It has the same range, fingerings (for the most part) and sounds like...
Hello everyone, I'm playing the Variations On A Theme Of Robert Schumann tonight with a student/adult amateur band for a music camp in Red Deer; I already did...
Howdy, Wow, contrabassoon parts to nine Mahler symphonies in one hand! - But, I guess this stuff is to be expected: Debussy Iberia (the dreaded untransposed...