Klarinet Archive - Posting 000839.txt from 1995/05

From: John Baetens <JSBtens@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: The Clarinet Polka
Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 13:07:40 -0400

Bill Hall says:

>My church has a small "orchestra" that consists of piano, organ, guitar,
>electric bass, alto saxophone, trumpet, and trombone. Our minister of music
>calls the sax, trumpet, and trumbone "the brass." (His doctorate is in
voice.)

Funny, since in that particular orchestration, all he had to do
was call them the 'Winds'. It's funny that so many people
think saxophones are part of the brass section just because
they are made out of brass.