Message text written by The Horn List >the crook holder we use is one of those bendy rubbery plastic things simply bent over into hooks on either end so that it hangs onto the stand and has a lower "u" shaped bit to hang the crooks on (sounds more complicated than it
is) < Dear All When we did the on-stage wind octet in Act 2 Scene X111 of Mozart's Don Giovanni on hand horns many moons ago (I still have a photo of us in the costumes - good for a laugh!) we hung the crooks (D, F and B flat) round our necks on lengths of ribbon. The late lamented Richard Mereweather came to the show one night when we were on tour (Oxford I seem to recall but it was a very long time ago) and was not impressed. He said that Mozart's players would have hung them over their wrists for quick changes. To follow yesterday's posts about this method - was it used in Mozart's day? Cheers Paul A. Kampen (W. Yorks UK) _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
