Klarinet Archive - Posting 000907.txt from 1997/09

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Well, here we go again
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 11:08:17 -0400

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.62
> Subj: Re: Well, here we go again

> In a message dated 97-09-07 14:27:05 EDT, you write:
>
> << Normally I would have used my C and A clarinets
> for the Schubert, and my Bb for the Rossini and the Kessler. However,
> because the Clarinet II parts are neither that demanding, nor that high in
> pitch, and because the conductor will probably not notice that I've
> switched
> horns, I've decided to play the parts on my Bb bass clarinet (I can't
> afford
> an alto).
>
> Don Gross
> La Canada, California >>
>
> This confuses me..... why would you play a second clarinet part on the bass
> clarinet? The bass clarinet has a completely different timbre, does it not?
>
> Susan
> SusiPontow@-----.com

Susan, careful here. Don is being reckless with his irony. I have
told him that there is a constitutional amendment being proposed that
limits the amount of irony that is permissable on the internet, but
he refuses to comply. He is simply going to have to be imprisoned
if he continues on this path.

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
leeson@-----.edu
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