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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000064.txt from 2003/04

From: "Tice" <pgtice@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] NY Times/Iraqui Oboe
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 01:06:38 -0400

I saw film on TV of a guy playing a zorna while holding a cigarette in his
left hand. Nice trick! I have a few of these instruments in different
sizes and styles that my father bought on a business trip. Being the dad of
2 double-reeders, he knew reeds were critical, so he bought about 100 reeds.
The sound of them is guaranteed to peel paint off the walls.

I'd love to know if there is such a thing as a fingering chart for these
things. I have only used them as a "hey, look at this" item.
Grace Tice

from David Lurie:
Subject: Re: [DR-L] NY Times/Iraqui Oboe

> Yes, I saw that picture. And thanks for advising the instrument's name. It
> seems to be similar to the earlier generations of oboes that use a
> primitive reed stuck all the way in the mouth, that is, not touched or
> cushioned by the lips at all, and totally free to vibrate on its own,
> undamped by the use of any embouchure other than that needed to hold the
> thing as a whole in the mouth in the first place. I would imagine that the
> raucous sound produced by this arrangement would be fierce indeed, but the
> photo was very interesting. So thank you for pointing that out.
>
> At 01:30 PM 4/10/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >For those of you who have or can obtain a copy of today's (April 10) New
York
> >Times, the center page photo shows a joyful procession led by a man
playing
> >the zorna - the Iraqui ethnic oboe.
> >
> >Brenda Schuman-Post