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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000039.txt from 2003/06

From: "jim zarnowiecki" <jimzarno@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] Double Reed Family
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 09:49:35 -0400

I believe the CSO in Cincinnati has a sarrusophone.
Jim

"Do not neglect your music. It will be a companion which will sweeten many hours of life to you."
-Thomas Jefferson to daughter Martha, 4 April 1790

>Wolf and Moosmann both make modern higher pitched bassoons now. These are
>intended for younger students, but I'd count them here. I think they're
>usually a fourth or a fifth above normal bassoon.
>
>There's also Wolf's contraforte, though I suppose that's really just an
>improved contrabassoon.
>
>Then there are all the sarrusaphones, although these are pretty much
>obsolete. (Yale owns one, and a friend of mine once did a recital playing
>contrabass sarrusaphone and another band member playing Heckelphone.
>Weird.)
>
>On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Frank Jordan wrote:
>
> > THE LEADS
> > Oboe - Concert pitch
> > English Horn - Key of F
> > Bassoon - Concert Pitch
> > Contrabassoon - written one octave higher
> > THE EXTRAS
> > Oboe D'Amour - Key of A
> > Heckelphone/Bass Oboe - written one octave higher
> > OBSOLETE
> > Mussette
> > Tenoroon
> >
> > Anyone know of more?
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 10:45 PM
> > To: doublereed-l@-----.edu
> > Subject: [DR-L] Double Reed Family
> >
> > Does anyone know the full instrumentation of the double reed family and
> > what keys they are in? Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Ryan
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