Klarinet Archive - Posting 000705.txt from 1998/05

From: "Justin Wood" <olio555@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] No subject was specified.
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 17:22:12 -0400

My luck I'd pick up some momentum and end up flying off the stage. My
goodness. 45 POUNDS! The sousaphone I march with is 25 and the brass one I
picked up to goof with was about 45...ouch. I can't even dance with a
fiberglass sousaphone, too top heavy!

>Actually, the contrabass sax has a ring for a neck strap. These horns
>weigh about 45 pounds (20 kilos?). Don Stevens of the Nuclear Whales plays
>one, wearing a neckstrap, while dancing and twirling around on stage.
>Miraculously, he manages to avoid knocking anyone off the stage. Worth the
>price of admission alone!
>
>Grant

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