Klarinet Archive - Posting 000687.txt from 1997/12

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Tenoroon
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 02:48:33 -0500

On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Josh-Boy wrote:

> Are they actually called tenoroons or is this just a nickname we've given
> the instrument? I remember a double reed instrument pictched between the
> English horn and the bassoon, but I don't remember its name. Is this
> instrument the tenoroon?

Tenoroon is the real name of the instrument. "Kinderfaggot" is a
nickname. The tenoroon looks just like a bassoon with a hormone
deficiency. It is pitched exactly the same as the English horn, but
sounds more like a weak bassoon with laryngitis.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu