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Why don't you get a regular sop sax? They work, you know, and a used one isn't so dear... They're much more ergonomic than a Xaphoon, and blow easier too: they use a true soprano reed, not the overbore baritone-like chamber and tenor cane... Just forget all the saxophone accidental keys, just use th...

Teehee. Pittsburra and Texasshire. That made I giggle. :D pfff.... Should be Pittsboor and Texassie. Dear knnigggets and nonetheless our vassals of Angleterre, formerly known as Brittania. Considering you're ready to elect about anything, as long as it's labelled "New", we hereby remind y...

So that's your kkkkkwest, you silly knnnnigggets?

Who hands out a fornication for one more old leaky piece of crockery? Keep your Graal complete with its hole.



By the road, would someone donate me a general direction for château Anthrax?

I ruined a low whistle once, and learnt my lesson: thumb rests and neck slings are safer! Also, since they releave the fear of dropping the whistle, I believe they may improve one's playing. I don't like the clip-on thumbrests made for swhistles/recorders by Aulos (and marketed by Susato in the US, ...

claudine wrote:Francis Poulenc? I thought you died in 1963?

Confucius said "Quand y'en a Poulenc, y'en a poul deux."

glauber wrote:Bach has one of those in the Musical Offering. It's sometimes called "crab cannon".

Talking of which, though it's not a cannon but rather a fugue (in more than one sense), do you know

the Blight of The Fumblebee by G. Mulligan + P. Desmond?

Close, but no cigar...

Mozart did at least one good practical joke: K617 :lol: Have you ever seen Mozart's Table Music for 2? You sit across from each other at the table and play the same part. One person reads the part upside-down. It actually works very well. Dana So I did play it safe saying "at least"... An...

Mozart did at least one good practical joke: K617

Since I really want to get the next stage of my software project finished before then, I'm going to have to take a break from distractions, including C&F, which is one of the major ones. Freeform db, OS 9, and I missed it? Then find it here in C&F ? Please excuse me, I'll be off C&F for...

dubhlinn wrote:If anyone needs a kidney (or two), I need a pre-1960 Martin.

A The Martin? bari, alto, tenor, melody? I have a 1926 one--that should meet pre-1960 all right. Don't need no kidneys, but would gladly trade it for an extra arm--keep the leg...

Martin Milner wrote:I nominate myself for Avatar integrity* and not posting pictures of my dogs*, cats*, or children*.

What's wrong with that, if the child consents?
I nominate Tseline Dzion's latest disco-graphic avatar :roll:

That's a pretty reputable shop, and the price seemed reasonable. I can't imagine something like that could ever play in tune, though. :) Pretty reputable brand, before anything. A real Buffet-Crampon ! I can imagine these masters of Boehm-system clarinets DID tune it. Now, to what pitchfork remains...

Jarrett ? Most famous player they ever had in Cologne. True, FC "Fortuna" Köln was broke, so they couldn't afford Beckenbauer. Nor J-L Lewis. * Who only remembers? I recently visited Köln, so I asked for their famous "Jarrett de Cologne". Well? I got a Schweine-Achse -- instead o...

Hohner even made a LOW Bb (below low D) a while ago...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 96631&rd=1

(someday, we may learn they even made sarrusasaphones, moldo-valachian taragots, glockenspiels and garklein tubas...)