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Author: Robert Small
Date: 2002-02-01 04:19
Ain't it the truth.
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Author: Jim S.
Date: 2002-02-01 04:52
Yeh, they can't even bear to put one on an alto clarinet t-shirt.
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Author: Brian
Date: 2002-02-01 11:18
Hmmmmmmm...looks more like a bass to me!
I see what you mean!
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Author: Stephen Froehlich
Date: 2002-02-01 11:52
That's no Bass - thats a Contra! I guess they were thinking,"Contra-Alto, Alto, who can tell the difference?"
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Author: David Spiegelthal
Date: 2002-02-01 13:31
Here in the DC area, every year hundreds of tuba players ('tubists'?) with some euphonium players thrown in, get together downtown for a "Tuba Christmas", playing carols for the people. Now, if we could get hundreds of alto clarinetists together and show 'em what we can do...............
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Author: Thomas
Date: 2002-02-01 15:10
They do that Tuba Christmas thing here in Sac too. Now a Clarinet Christmas, that would be something worth attending!
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Author: Bob Arney
Date: 2002-02-01 15:12
Dave, I'd love to come to DC for Christmas. I'll bring my alto. Are you paying the tab??
Bob A
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2002-02-01 15:28
It's definitely a contra-alto. The brace connecting the neck to the body is the giveaway. It seems to be short some keys, too.
But contra-altos DO RULE.
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Author: Robert Small
Date: 2002-02-01 15:52
Definitely a contra-alto.
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Author: David Spiegelthal
Date: 2002-02-01 16:56
I had a most unusual experience this past Monday night. I played my alto clarinet on a few of the pieces during our wind ensemble rehearsal (my first time ever playing alto clar in public, by the way), and nobody laughed! Not even a snicker! One of the other clarinetists even said it sounded good! I thought I was gonna have a heart attack..............
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2002-02-01 19:20
Well done, Dave, most of my alto playing was in our cl choir, a bit in comm band, and NOBODY laughed or said NERD. But, since it is a "bridge" between Bb and bass, the best compliment was that it "filled" a needed voice! When I play my Sel, I try to achieve a basset horn tonality to "show off" its possibilities. I am now loaning an old Pedler [it has extras, dbl. reg. keying!] to a cl-learner, in hopes that it might take and he will sit beside me and my bass [comm band] to fill an occasionally-needed chord, not played by 3rd cl and me. Keep trying, Don
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Author: jenna
Date: 2002-02-01 20:56
I'm in for the Alto Clarinet Christmas... but how about moving it to Jersey?
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Author: Robert Small
Date: 2002-02-01 21:41
Alto clarinet and Jersey. Now there's a match made in heaven. (Sorry. Couldn't resist that one.)
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Author: jenna
Date: 2002-02-02 03:19
Yeah.. haven't you heard? New Jersey is supposed to be the new cultural center of the world ; )
And what's sad is.. as much as I complain about Jersey itself, I'm still staying in-state for college. *shakes head*
Ohh... I'm Italian, too. What a combination. An Italian alto clarinet player from Jersey.
Ah fuhgettaboutit.
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Author: Stephen Froehlich
Date: 2002-02-02 03:52
OK, so I emailed the seller to inform her of her mistake.
The reply was:
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From: <Oregonmove@aol.com>
To: <sfroehlich@austin.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Question for seller -- Item #1509162500
Date: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:45 AM
Hi, Thanks for the info - I drew this from the Selmer photo of what they called an alto clarinet - is it the proportion that is different or are there differences in the keys? Thanks, Nancy
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The question now is what about the violation of Selmer's copyright on their photo? I'm not too particularly fond of what this lady is doing (though I did own a Selmer shirt at one time). What do you think of
a) Informing her of the copyright violation
b) a + threatening to sick Selmer on her, or
c) sick Semler on her
As they have brand licensing agreements in place, I'm rather convinced that she'd get a rather firm cease and desist order from them.
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Author: Laurie Koury
Date: 2002-02-03 01:15
I play bass clarinet in a community orchestra and also in a Legion Band. A friend of mine just recently purchased a used Leblanc alto. I asked the personnel director of the Legion Band if we could use an alto clarinet player (we have 3 bass clarinets) and his response was "that's a horrible sounding instrument, no one is using them anymore and there probably isn't much being written for that part anymore."
Can this be so? I was shocked and very irritated by his response.
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Author: Laurie Koury
Date: 2002-02-03 01:44
ahhh, I spoke to soon. I just did a search on alto clarinet in the archives of the bulletin board. There are people out there playing the alto and enjoying it.
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Author: William Hughes
Date: 2002-02-04 03:30
Truth will out. Thanks, I suspect, to Stephen's correspondence, the t-shirt now reads, "Contra Alto Clarinets Rule" and the seller has issued a new and correct version for alto clarinet enthusiasts. Another triumph of the light of knowledge over the darkness of ignorance.
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