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 'Chalumeaux'
Author: Bassie 
Date:   2011-04-28 19:13

In my kitchen I have a pack of drinking straws bearing the multilingual inscription:

Straws
Strohhalme
Chalumeaux
Pajitas

Is there something we English speaking clarinet players should know about our chosen instrument? :)

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 Re: 'Chalumeaux'
Author: tictactux 2017
Date:   2011-04-28 19:37

Yes: http://dico-cuisine.fr/news/chalumeau

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Ben

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 Re: 'Chalumeaux'
Author: Simon Aldrich 
Date:   2011-04-28 20:27

One of the French words for a drinking straw is "chalumeau" but one never hears it used. "Chalumeau" has the musical definition of "pipe" so that must be where the drinking straw usage comes from.

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 Re: 'Chalumeaux'
Author: tictactux 2017
Date:   2011-04-28 20:44

Yup. In a restaurant, the kids get a "paille".

Now don't ask me if "la dernière paille" is the same as it'd be in English...

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Ben

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 Re: 'Chalumeaux'
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2011-04-28 22:51

It's a derivative of the Latin (and probably a far more ancient common root language) word for reed.

See http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/539118/shawm

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

The opinions I express are my own.

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 Re: 'Chalumeaux'
Author: tictactux 2017
Date:   2011-04-28 22:53

You mean, Calamity Jane was a closet oboist? [tongue]

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Ben

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 Re: 'Chalumeaux'
Author: Ken Shaw 2017
Date:   2011-04-28 22:56

It also appears to be French for "blowtorch," at least as used in the kitchen. http://dico-cuisine.fr/news/chalumeau

I've heard rather a lot of blowtorch clarinetists. They're like "can belto" tenors.

Ken Shaw

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