Klarinet Archive - Posting 001214.txt from 1998/10

From: LeliaLoban@-----.com
Subj: [kl] clarinets that shake the ceiling
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:03:49 -0500

Garrett Fitzgerald wrote:
> I've always enjoyed playing non-soprano clarinets, and lately, I've gotten
the chance to play contra with the Brown Wind Symphony. Is there anyone else
out there who enjoys playing alto or lower, even though they place in the
firsts otherwise?>

I still enjoy playing soprano clarinet, but lower pitched instruments are my
favorites. I recently bought my own alto clarinet (used 1979 Selmer "A"
series) and thoroughly enjoy it! My younger brother played bass clarinet in
high school. I'd already moved out by then, but when I visited for the
holidays, I sometimes "borrowed" his school-owned bass out of his bedroom and
played it while he wasn't home. Loved the tone. I'd love to own a contrabass
or contra-alto someday, too.

Shouryu Nohe wrote,
>>Oh, heck yeah, there's plenty of us here. I'm a general bass fanatic, and
there are several others present, too. Now, if you want to meet some REAL
fanatics, go to www.contrabass.com. Grant Green runs a Contra ML -
serious quakin' going on there...>>

Contrabass.com is a great site with archives and databases (with much
information on unusual bass wind instruments) in addition to the ML. I found
that site because of my bass sax. If you love basso profundo, be sure to look
at the checklist accessible from the home page, which gives warning symptoms
for how you can tell if you might be a contrabass maniac.

Lelia
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"I only know two tunes. One of them is Yankee Doodle, and the other isn't."
--Ulysses S. Grant
(not to be confused with Grant Green)
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