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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000027.txt from 2003/03

From: "Isaac Bull" <contrareed@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Playing contrabassoon
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 23:19:06 -0500

Richard this is a good point - though playing contra has given me lots of
work, it has cost me as well, as you have described, through being labelled
a "contra specialist".

Best regards,

Isaac

----- Original Message -----
From: <ContraReed@-----.com>
To: <doublereed-l@-----.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: [DR-L] Playing contrabassoon

> In a message dated 3/4/03 10:35:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> contrareed@-----.net writes:
>
> << If you are asking about the importance of playing contra (or for that
> matter any other "auxiliary" instrument (sorry I use this for lack of a
> better word)...there are great things and there are drawbacks. >>
>
> One of the occasional drawbacks is that some people either forget or don't
> realize you also play bassoon. I subbed a couple of months ago in a
regional
> orchestra (on contra), and the personnel manager put out a call for anyone
> available to play some kiddie concerts to let her know. I called her and
> told her I was available if she needed another bassoonist, and the first
> words she said was "You play bassoon too?". I've also run into people who
> seeing me for the first time with a bassoon are amazed that I play it too.
> (DUH.......)
>
> Richard Spittel
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