Doublereed Archive - Posting 000082.txt from 2004/05

From: <pgtice@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Air Bassoon
Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 17:09:01 -0400

He might be just strange enough to actually qualify to be a double reed
performer :-)

From: "arri bachrach" <abachrach@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [DR-L] Air Bassoon
> sounds like an air-head..
> AB
>
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> >ADELAIDE, Sunday: A cultivated male teenager was last night observed
> >inside his bedroom, playing "air bassoon" in front of a full-length
mirror.
> >
> >The 17-year-old student was rapturously miming syncopated bassoon
> >fingering along with a Brahms concerto which was playing loudly on his CD
> >player.
> >
> >The cultured teen said he liked to fantasize in front of the mirror,
> >pretending he was playing first bassoon in one of Europe's major concert
> >halls. He said he thought blowing into an imaginary woodwind reed, in
> >addition to its escapism value, was a wonderful way to release pent-up
> >teenage angst.
> >
> >"Often when I go to live recitals, I like to stand right up the front
with
> >the other teenagers so I can air bassoon with them in the moshpit," he
said.
> >
> >The boy's parents said that in previous years they've also caught him in
> >his bedroom playing air oboe, air timpani and air French horn.

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