Klarinet Archive - Posting 000237.txt from 1997/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Kids Today
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 00:19:10 -0400

At 08:14 PM 8/6/97 -0500, you wrote:
>On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Bill Hausmann wrote:
>
>> Excellent points made in posting, but one nit to pick: the "LP" mark is a
>> good thing. It means that, rather than being tuned to A=452 or so as had
>> become common, this horn was made after the adoption of the A@-----.
>
>Not always, I think. We have a Conn bass saxophone, made in the 1920's
>which is marked Low Pitch, and which seems to play at about A@-----.
>
I guess they got carried away!

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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.