You might want to look for a school with a decent instrument and some tradition in contra instruction. If your inquiries on contrabassoon yield a reply of...
Hi, David Taylor here. I was suprised to learn that my Heckel Conttra #201 was made in 1898. I had thought that 1912 was closer, oh well, not that it matters....
Hi Trent, I am trying to remember if I ever listed my contra for sale on the IDRS website. That must be how the list is supplied with entries. How far back...
Hi all, I'm a contra player in England and am the proud owner of #192. I bought it from Dieter Hester about 4 years ago who bought it from David Lock who ...
Hello Abigail, David Taylor here. Thank you for your intersting information about your Heckel Contra. I love the sound that the low C bell allows the contra ...
I've heard some talk of "opera model" contras in this discussion. Can someone explain what the difference is between opera and non opera model contras? Best...
Basically the common contra today, instead of having a bell sticking up that would hit the top of the pit(while playing in an opera). Roger ... From:...
Roger SOREN
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May 8, 2006 9:45 pm
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... From: Roger SOREN To: contrabassoon@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [Kfg] Opera Model (was: Evolution of Heckel Contras) ...
That's right, I like to call it the stove pipe model. I prefer it because, althought it is kind of tall, it is also narrower and easier to see arround. I wish...
Mr. Ferdinand DelNegro was the contra player in Philly back in the Fantasia days. Mr. Pfeufer didn't join until later on. Roger ... From: "Jonathan Ranney"...
Roger SOREN
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May 10, 2006 2:43 pm
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If you are talking about the original Fantasia, I am quite sure that the contra player was Ferdinand del Negro. ... From: "Jonathan Ranney" <fiatpwr@...>...
Arthur Grossman
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May 10, 2006 2:54 pm
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The players (and the instruments) on the screen in the original Fantasia were not actually the members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Proof: One of the...
... That does not prove the claim that "The players (and the instruments) on the screen in the original Fantasia were not actually the members of the ...
Robert Howe
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May 10, 2006 5:37 pm
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The Fantasia (1939 version) orchestra on the SCREEN was indeed a Hollywood pick-up group. Ray Still told us [when I was in his Mozart wind octet group of the ...
When I was playing in the International Symphony in Jerusalem, Steve Doumaine, the tuba player and now with the National Symphony, had a York 6/4 CC. Is that...
Genuine York 6/4 CC tubas are extremely rare. What Steve Doumaine probably played was: 1. A York 6/4 BBb tuba that had been "cut" to CC by someone like Bob...
A recent break-in at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, meant the loss (among other things) of the Faculty's contrabassoon, a 1966 Puchner, serial...
... How now? Did Mr Still start life as a professional clarinettist? Robret Howe...
Robert Howe
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Re; the Sorcerer's Apprentice: I found this on: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032455/trivia The music for "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" was the only piece that...
I'm just telling the story as I remember hearing it from him. In any case, what a wonderful oboe genius he became! Bob Broemel Message 5 From: "Robert Howe"...
David, A client/colleague of mine is selling an old Heckel contra, and willing to let it go in the stated price range. It is from ca. 1910, with a very...
Dear list, Over the past 3 or 4 weeks I have been working on a new concerto for contrabassoon. I should be finished within the next week or so and will be...
