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Author: rtmyth
Date: 2009-01-19 13:15
Lengthy, wonderful article about him in today's NYT. Must read!!
richard smith
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Author: Alseg
Date: 2009-01-20 17:16
Yep....looks like they were in a warm enclosure.
I wonder what sort of inspection/device the instruments go through for security.
Former creator of CUSTOM CLARINET TUNING BARRELS by DR. ALLAN SEGAL
-Where the Sound Matters Most(tm)-
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Author: Blake Arrington
Date: 2009-01-20 20:49
Whenever we do performances for the President, we have to open our cases and lay them out for the dogs and Secret Service to inspect.
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-01-20 21:49
I played in a performance for the elder President Bush once (about 16 years ago). We kept our cases on the bus, and each of was required to play a note or two on our instrument(s) for the Secret Service as we walked in the door. (presumably so they'd know we didn't stuff something up the bore that could pose a security hazard). I don't recall that they actually physically inspected the instruments themselves at that time, but I'll bet security is much stiffer these days.
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Author: pplateau
Date: 2009-01-20 23:53
Wasn't that a Backun instrument he played at the Inaugural? Certainly looked like a barrel and bell by Morrie!
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Author: CocoboloKid
Date: 2009-01-20 23:56
Yes indeed...Anthony plays a Leblanc/Backun Legacy (with a MoBa barrel, at least today...sometimes he also uses a Fatboy).
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2009-01-21 13:32
I watched on CNN, where the announcer started jabbering right in the middle of the music! GRRRR! I'm sorry McGill didn't have a more prominent role in the music. On this occasion, it seemed fitting that the performers embodied three different races, at least three different countries of origin and at least two different religions.
That was one of the few musical performances of the day that sounded mostly in tune, thanks to a heated space. I felt sorry for the people in the parade bands. They waited and waited for the parade to start more than an hour late and then they played in an icy wind. Even some of the service bands, professionals accustomed to playing outdoors in all weather, sounded a tad sour -- and meanwhile, most of the crowd only wanted to see President Obama and his family, then began drifting away. At a distance from the White House viewing enclosure, the parade route looked nearly empty by the time the last bands passed. The press didn't seem to care about the music, either -- talked right through almost all of it.
One of the announcers said that a band had used antifreeze on the instruments. Really? Wouldn't be a good thing to put on a mouthpiece -- the stuff is toxic. I can't imagine using it on clarinet or saxophone pads to keep them from freezing shut, either -- wouldn't antifreeze cause the pads to leak, the same way excessive condensation does? Might be a good lubricant for screws, I guess. Maybe brass players use antifreeze on valves and slides, to keep them from freezing stuck after they get damp.
Lelia
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Post Edited (2009-01-21 13:36)
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