Klarinet Archive - Posting 000728.txt from 2001/11

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] horns
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:53:16 -0500

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rien Stein [mailto:rstein@-----.nl]
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 3:38 PM
> To: klarinet
> Subject: [kl] horns
>
>
> In my previous mail to this list I was referring to a "horn" player. He
> played French horn. But Benjamin Maas wrote
>
> <<
> Congrats on the new horn!
> >>
>
> where the "horn" is meant to be a bass clarinet. The term "horn" has been
> used on this list also to indicate an soprano clarinet.
>
> Can someone explain to me the confusion I am subjected to?
>
> Rien

Sorry... I've been in Los Angeles *way* too long. By "horn" I mean a wind
instrument in general--not a french horn or an english horn. It is a slang
term that I (and many of my friends) happen to use quite a bit.

I'll try to cut the usage of slang terms on the list. :-)

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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