Klarinet Archive - Posting 000062.txt from 2003/01

From: notestaff@-----.de (David Glenn)
Subj: Re: [kl] Kegelstadt (Was Clarinet in Movies)
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 07:48:20 -0500

Neil Leupold wrote:

>I wasn't going to say anything. Anyway, "Kegelstadt" is incorrect. "Kegelstatt" is not a game,
>but a place, in this case an 18th century version of a bowling alley, where "ein Kegel" is, in
>this case, a bowling pin (e.g., nine-pin, a skittle) and "Kegeln" is the German verb for the
>expression "to bowl". There is an article on woodwind.org, by Stan Geidel I believe, which
>discusses the origin and authenticity of the "trio" in question, if anybody cares to do a search.
>
>Neil
>
>
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It's still possible to play nine-pin here in Germany. Or I could go
bowling. They're similar but not the same and they exist side by side
here. A "Kegelstatt" is often in the basement of a restaurant. It
doesn't take up as much room as a bowling ally. I assume that a German
and an Austrian "Kegelstatt" are the same although Swiss have a slightly
different form. I wonder which restaurant basement witnessed the birth
of the "Kegelduette".

David

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