Author: davidjsc
Date: 2023-11-04 00:46
I ran into similar problem in a community band I played - except it was loud alto saxophones, well 1 loud alto sax in particular.
At the time I was playing oboe and me and the other oboist were stuck right in front of this guy blasting away 2-3 feet two feet behind us. (we were on band risers, so his bell was closer to our heads). Our conductor could never get this guy to play softer and not blarinig above other sections. I personally think the guy was missing some gears and screws, so the conductor was not comfortable with outright kicking him out of the group - which, however, would have been a popular move.
Anyways, every so often, when our conductor was especially grated by this guy's playing, as well by our constant complaining, during our weekly practose he'd sometimes let us get back at this guy - but the guy was so clued out that we and others were making deliberate points at him.
One time me and the other oboist said... eff this!... and we reposition ourslves after our break, behind him, and then proceded to play our oboes as close to his ears (one one on each ear) as possible.
Thankfully our conductor let us blow steam at this guy a couple times a year, beacuse I think he thought the alto sax guy was going to get beaten up by some of us in the dark parking lot after practise, out of annoyance, or his instrument 'disappeared'.
Sucks because eventually we lost this conductor, who was really good. I wouldn't be surprised if this alto sax guy was part of the reason he left. I left around a year or so later, but due to unrelated life events making me stop playing.
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Post Edited (2023-11-04 00:49)
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