Klarinet Archive - Posting 000191.txt from 2001/12

From: "Jennifer" <jen1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] horns
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:28:38 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subject: RE: [kl] horns

>
>
> > -----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
>
> Hi! At my school my instructor calls clarinets horns.. and french horns..
he calls almost everything "horns" lo
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>

---------------------------------------------------------------------