Klarinet Archive - Posting 000734.txt from 2001/11

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] horns
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 08:01:46 -0500

Just English slang. If you want a far-out one, a slang expression for ANY
instrument (at least any portable instrument) is to call it an axe.

At 05:58 PM 11/26/01 -0600, you wrote:
> > From: Rien Stein [mailto:rstein@-----.nl]
> > 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
>
>You have to look at context, that's all. And realize that you'll be wrong
>once in a while. Or often.
>
>mark C.
>
>
>
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George Kidder
Senior Scientist and Instrumentation Officer
Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory
Salisbury Cove, ME

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