Klarinet Archive - Posting 000073.txt from 2003/01

From: "Willie Kercher" <res1b1nc@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Kegelstadt (Was Clarinet in Movies)
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 20:17:43 -0500

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From: "David Glenn" <notestaff@-----.de>
Subject: Re: [kl] Kegelstadt (Was Clarinet in Movies)

Is this the same as the "Candle Pins" I used to see in the New England
States? Willie

> 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
> >
> >
> +++++++++++++++++++++++
> 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