Klarinet Archive - Posting 000396.txt from 1996/08

From: "Scott D. Morrow" <SDM@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Bass clarinet neck strap
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 10:16:24 -0400

>>
>> >If you're gonna march [with a bass clarinet], use the
>> > strap...a double hook seems to be the best.
>> >
>> Ouch! That sounds like as much fun as marching with a bassoon. Why
>> not get a tenor sax and make some noise!
>
>No, marching with a bass clarinet is a LOT of fun. Not the playing
>part, which you can never hear anyway over the brass instruments, but the
>funny-looks-from-the-onlookers part. To wit:
>
>Young boy: "Mommy, what's that weird looking thing?"
>
>Mommy: "Dear, that's an oboe."
>
>BTW, a better marching strap is to modify a baritone sax strap.
>Takes the weight off the neck and the mouthpiece doesn't bounce as
>much, thus saving you the expense of replacing your front teeth.
>
>
>Lisa ("geez, that sure is a skinny sax!") Canjura-Clayton
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How about marching with a BBb contrabass? Even if no one could
hear you, at least everyone would see you: you'd be the only one on
stilts!

-Scott "sorry for clogging up valuable mailbox space" Morrow

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410)-955-3631

SDM@-----.edu

   
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