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Author: juan
Date: 2006-12-25 16:34
hey there im juan. A clarinet enthusiast well anybody looking foward to any mouthpieces this year or new equipment?
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2006-12-25 16:36
Always. As to what? Don't know yet. I'm a bit of an impulse shopper with clarinets. But one definite will be a custom barrel. Probably from Alseg.
US Army Japan Band
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2006-12-25 23:05
Well, right now, I am in the process of trying out a new Leblanc/Backun Cadenza, so I guess I fed the GAS monster for the year. 
Still, I will be looking to get a nice A clarinet for my daughter sometime in the next year, so she has a decent orchestral horn to go with my old R13 Bb. Right now she is playing an ancient Leblanc A (model unknown) that her band director found in the storage area, so we didn't have to get an A right away. Her private teacher says it really sucks (his words, and he is a symphony player who should know his instruments). So... I guess a new (or newer A is in the worls for her for next year.
Jeff
Post Edited (2006-12-25 23:06)
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Author: Clarinetgirl06
Date: 2006-12-25 23:42
A double case is all I really need/want. Also, to go to many clarinet events and be inspired! Hopefully get some great lessons over the summer break and things like that.
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Author: Aussie Nick
Date: 2006-12-26 00:20
I'd love the chance to try some Backun barrels. I tried one that belongs to someone else and really liked it! It's hard to get them out here though in the land of Oz.
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2006-12-26 03:59
A new Eppelsheim BBb contrabass clarinet: http://www.eppelsheim.com/kontrabass_klarinette.php?lang=en
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2006-12-26 08:47
David,
what happened to your Plumber's Delight? Not low enough?
--
Ben
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Author: William
Date: 2006-12-26 15:31
All I really need is more time in the practice room--or better yet, a few more steady gigs to keep my chops in shape and the wolf from my door.
Happy New Year everyone.
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Author: joeyscl
Date: 2006-12-31 07:36
New music, New (better) Everything (including skills)
yap, im greedy
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Author: leonardA
Date: 2007-01-01 04:27
A new or used professional grade clarinet of some kind yet undetermined.
Leonard
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Author: Bill
Date: 2007-01-01 05:15
Attachment: 2007 goal.jpg (24k)
Looking forward to another year of collecting beat-up old rubber. Maybe this year I'll get lucky!
Bill.
Bill Fogle
Ellsworth, Maine
(formerly Washington, DC)
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2007-01-01 05:25
Music, not clarinet related:
1) Buy erhu
2) Learn to make other than screeching noises on it.
1 - easy
2 - hard
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Author: EuGeneSee
Date: 2007-01-01 06:16
Mark:
I have one of the Vietnamese versions, called a "dunh ngey" (sp.). I was presented it as a gift by the province chief of Gia Dinh Province (surrounding Saigon) when I was an advisor there in 1970.
The "stick" and tuning knobs look just like the Chinese erhu, but the Vietnamese version has more of a horn shaped sound chamber with a cobra neck skin drum head and a floating bridge.
You might correct me on this, but I think you play the erhu's 2 strings similar to a violin by tilting the bow to play one string or the other, or double stopping both.
With the Vietnamese version (pronounced like "dunn nyay") you unhooked the horse hair loop off the end of the bow, ran it between the 2 strings, and then rehooked it on the bow. You played 1 string by pulling the bow toward you, the other by pushing it away, and both by turning the bow at an angle to rub both strings.
I learned to play a few simple tunes on it and did have fun playing with it. I still have the instrument, but the bow got list in a move about 20 years ago. Since the bow is vastly different from a violin bow, I guess I will have to make another one myself.
Eu
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2007-01-01 06:29
EuGeneSee wrote:
> Mark:
>
> I have one of the Vietnamese versions, called a "dunh ngey"
> (sp.).
> The "stick" and tuning knobs look just like the Chinese erhu,
> but the Vietnamese version has more of a horn shaped sound
> chamber with a cobra neck skin drum head and a floating bridge.
The erhu is python with floating bridge.
> You might correct me on this, but I think you play the erhu's 2
> strings similar to a violin by tilting the bow to play one
> string or the other, or double stopping both.
No - the bow is essentially permanently between the 2 strings - you have to remove a string to remove the bow.
Essentially the same instrument. It migrated to China from (probably) Mongolia. The tuning of the erhu (二胡)and đàn nhị are perfect fifths and no frets. The pictures seem to indicate that the sound box of the erhu is larger than the đàn nhị.
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Author: EuGeneSee
Date: 2007-01-01 06:55
Mark:
Thanks for the info. I guess the Vietnamese got tired of the hassle in removing the bow (which they always did when putting away their dan nhi), so they came up with a bow that looked similar to an archer's bow, but with the removable loop (to unstring it) on only one end.
Also, the dan nhi sound box is smaller than the erhu - it's about 2" dia. at the drum head end, curves out to about 3", and was about 5" long.
The soldiers called it a "ying yang" due to its unusual sound, something like I would expect from a 12" long oboe with asthma, playing in its altissimo register!!
So, for my wish: I wish I had a bow for my dan nhi.
Eu
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Author: EuGeneSee
Date: 2007-01-01 15:54
By the way dan nhi is pronounced d'n (the "a" is a schwa sound) nyee ("ny" like in canyon or nyet). Eu
(correct spelling of canyon)
Post Edited (2007-01-01 18:00)
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