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Author: Ken Rasmussen
Date: 2001-01-11 05:11
I want to take my Eb horn in my kayak which has a 6" porthole I'll need to stuff the case through. I can't think of any good reason why a case for an Eb horn has to be too big to pass through a 6" porthole, but the ones I'm aware of are too big. I could make a case, but it is a lot of work. I'd rather buy a new one, or convert the interior of a case originally made for some other instrument. Are you familiar with a case that could contain an Eb horn (with one piece body) which will fit through a 6" port hole?
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Author: Mark Pinner
Date: 2001-01-11 10:06
Ken,
My old vito Eb case would just about squeeze through a six inch hole. I dont know if you can still get them.
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Author: Anji
Date: 2001-01-11 12:32
Didn't I see an episode of "When whales attack!" that started with some innocent E-pher playing in the Straits of Juan de Fuca?
Howzabout the old leather rolls that held one-piece metal horns?
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PVC pipe with one end capped and the other end threaded. A big ZipLoc bag surrounded by upholstery foam should then fit inside the tube.
Lemme know where your camping so I can watch for it on TV.
anji
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Author: Dave Spiegelthal
Date: 2001-01-11 17:01
I've got a bunch of the really old clarinet cases that are practically cylindrical --- I'll measure them at home tonight, but off the top of my head I'm almost sure that they're less than 6 inches in cross-section.
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Author: Benny
Date: 2001-01-11 20:19
I read this and I just had to ask: Why are you taking your horn in a kayak?
Benny
P.S. Clarinets don't make very good swimmers or campers, especially if they are wooden.
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Author: Anji
Date: 2001-01-11 21:19
Lesse,
Anti-snake venom,
GPS,
Pop-tarts,
Swiss army knife,
Porter to carry the knife,
Now where is my E-pher?!!
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Author: Ginny
Date: 2001-01-11 23:37
Obviously the e-fer would make any ocean going kayak trip safer and more pleasant as you could engage in Harmony playing with whales
and have anti-bat protection.
Or perhaps its Dueling e-fers, like in the movie Deliverence (those weren't kayaks though)
But is the truth that the Significant Other thought that the old family woodshed was too close for practicing and banished it to the deep woods or sea?
Oh do tell.
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Author: Ken Rasmussen
Date: 2001-01-12 02:55
What a bunch of comedians! You guys are a bunch of Jack Bennys, carrying your horns out on stage so you can crack jokes. The reason I'm taking the e-fer kayak camping is so that I can leave my good horn home, nice and safe. The e-fer is obviously a hiking and camping clarinet, just like whiskey is hiking beer, small and lightweight. I haven't actually played for whales as of yet. I've been very close to a huge grey whale, and in the midst of orcas, but I wasn't thinking of clarinet playing just then. I think whales might respond well to altissimo playing in a minor key. I'll try it sometime. My wife's huskies are quite musical. I was demonstrating to my mother-in-law by playing along with the huskies on one occasion. After awhile I started playing some tunes that huskies aren't interested in, so they quit singing. My mother-in-law asked my wife why they quit singing. My wife, who is very sharp, answered, "They don't know that song."
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Author: Anji
Date: 2001-01-12 13:43
Isn't it Klingit or Tinglit tradition to have the infirm walk out on an ice flow with their clarinet to call the bears at feeding time?
Kidding aside, Paul Winter, paragon of New Age muzak played his Soprano sax with Orcas and others by placing a metal extension over the bell and dipping the works into the waves whilst playing.
Nobody caught fish, that day.
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Author: Dave Spiegelthal
Date: 2001-01-12 14:17
I must confess, I've never carried an eefer in a kayak. But years ago I did carry my baritone sax in the back of the small 4-seat airplane I owned at that time. There's no doubt in my mind that the bari would not have fit in Ken's kayak, regardless of hole size.
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Author: Anji
Date: 2001-01-12 22:54
Just how big are the holes in a Bari?
Wouldn't it be easier to get a roof rack?
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Author: Ken Rasmussen
Date: 2001-01-13 03:00
Perhaps the E-fer would fit through one of the larger holes in the bari. I could stop up all the other orificies, and paddle the bari!
Actually, I just located a 7.5" porthole that will fit the bulkhead. So now the case only has to fit through a 7.5" port. I would think that the majority of Eb cases might manage that. Next thing is to get Dave to move the tone holes around so the horn will play in tune enough so the whales won't attack me. Depending upon how well that works, I'll decide what my budget on a case is. A worthless horn needs a worthless case, a valuable instrument needs a good case.
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Author: Anji
Date: 2001-01-13 14:35
Just don't be stingy with ziploc bags. We did a short Jaunt around Whidbey (more years ago than I will admit) with standard cameras double bagged and had good results. The humidity inside the boats was very high, cold too.
Clear sailing, dude.
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2001-01-14 14:00
How about a Gortex bag then, for waterproofness and breathability - to control the humidity.
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Author: David Spiegelthal
Date: 2001-01-15 13:18
Now I'm all confused.....I'm supposed to fit Ken's eefer through a 6" (or is it 7.5"???) hole in my bari, then fix the intonation by moving the hole around, before the whales attack me? Please advise.
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Author: Bob Arney
Date: 2001-01-15 20:38
I don't know about the huskies, but I used to get the wolves to howling across Cook Inlet after a few little toddies for the body.
Bob A
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Author: Bob Arney
Date: 2001-01-15 20:47
I don't know about the huskies, but I used to get the wolves to howling across Cook Inlet after a few little toddies for the body.
Bob A
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