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Author: claribari
Date: 2008-12-19 01:49
Do any of you name your instruments? I always thought it was weird when I first started band, but now I have a name for all of my instruments.
Hubbard - my Hobart M. Cable piano
Lissette - my Yamaha plastic clarinet (my first clarinet)
Toby - my Yamaha trumpet
M.J. - my jupiter bari sax (named for the words "my Jupiter")
Voittaja - my Buffet 1890 Albert syst. eefer
Whiner - my Weimar plastic eefer in Boehm
and last but not least...
Oogie Boogie (Obie for short) - my Buffet 1967 B flat R13 (named after Oogie Boogie in Nightmare Before Christmas)
Post Edited (2008-12-19 01:53)
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2008-12-19 02:37
Yea, I name them my Bb clarinet, my other Bb clarinet, my A clarinet, my Eb clarinet and guess what I name my bass, you got it, my bass clarinet. ESP
www.peabody.jhu.edu/457, Listen to a little Mozart, live performance.
PS. Got to have a sense of humor.
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Author: Bassie
Date: 2008-12-19 08:51
Embarrasing, I know, but I borrowed my screen name from my bass...
... affectionately known as 'The Count' ...
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2008-12-19 09:13
I've never given any of my instruments names, though I did think of one for my alto sax a little while back:
'Alto sax Zarathustra' (as in 'Also sprach Zarathustra')
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: giuliano
Date: 2008-12-19 17:19
I do---since my Patricolas have the same characters of my three female cats, I have given them the same names:
Bb - Lafayette (a practical cat, always around)
A - Mina (the big one, lazy and shy)
Eb (rosewood) - Mantra (small-sized and always mewing)
.........ahem.........
Giuliano Forghieri
Nubilaria Clarinet Ensemble, arranger, clarinet, Eb clarinet
Accademia Musica Insieme, founder, arranger, clarinet
www.musicengraving.it
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2008-12-19 17:29
My Bb clarinet is called Clarni and my bass clarinet is called Clarnibass.
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Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2008-12-20 01:46
My Bb is Lucy, the A is Lars. The mouthpieces haven't told me their names yet, though I think the M13-Lyre is something like "Deadmeat."
I have two plants, Annabelle and Spree. My cars are Lamar and Gulliver.
Aside from that I live alone.
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Author: William
Date: 2008-12-21 17:43
I often give names to my reeds, but most are not appropriate for posting here..........
Post Edited (2008-12-22 14:15)
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Author: claribari
Date: 2008-12-23 19:48
One of my friends named her Baritone Oofie.
I use a Hite Premier mp and it works excellently, but my buffet mp, which never really gets used, sucks.
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Author: Danny Boy
Date: 2008-12-23 19:51
This may sound ridiculous, but I encourage my (younger usually) students to name their instrument - I find it encourages good care habits. Students are more prone 'to look after Emma the clarinet' than 'swab out their clarinet'. Even if it only works for a couple if any, where's the harm?
So as not to be caught out, all of my instruments therefore have names - all named after girls who were important to me at the time of purchase ;o)
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Author: Moses1
Date: 2008-12-23 20:14
Dark- Amati ACL615 pro Bb clarinet
Jazzy-Hoosier metal Bb clarinet
Silver-Swing Street alto mark v alto sax
Light-Amrstrong 103 flute
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Author: NorbertTheParrot
Date: 2008-12-23 20:27
"all named after girls who were important to me at the time of purchase"
problematic if you bought your instruments as a "matched pair"
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Author: Rob Vitale
Date: 2008-12-25 04:29
I don't have names for them, but my clarinets each have a birthday. Being the day that I bought them. Actually kinda funny, after running the serial numbers on the Buffet website, it turns out my A clarinet was made 11 years before I bought it brand new from mr. Weiner....go fig??
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