Klarinet Archive - Posting 000024.txt from 2002/12

From: "Roger Benson" <rbenson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] bass saxophones (was: [kl] Fastest Flight of the Bumblebee I have heard)
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 09:34:20 -0500

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gresham [mailto:mgresham@-----.com]
Subject: Re: [kl] bass saxophones (was: [kl] Fastest Flight of the
Bumblebee I have heard)

LeliaLoban@-----.com wrote:
>
> The Contrabass Maniacs page:
> http://www.contrabass.com/
>
> That terrific site, run by Grant Green, has an encyclopedia of
various
> "seismic instruments," with links to other sites.Obviously, this
is a work in progress...

Under "seismic instruments," he mentions
Contrabass Sarrusophone
...and I HAVE seen and heard one. It's a hybrid (that's the nice
word)
between a sax and a contrabassoon. There are alternative
mouthpieces (a
gigantic double reed or a small single reed mouthpiece). It
produces a
fearfully god-awful nasty sound, even when played badly.

--
Mark Gresham, composer
mgresham@-----.com/
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