Even as long in the trade as me, I do not recall it, but I doubt if they had the crooks hung over their wrist for a quick change. Think, what a mess, if you assembled them in the wrong order ? What a chance for clonking ? Mozart would not have allowed it. They had their wooden music stands with plenty hooks or a board to place the crooks. Still again a good chance for clonking. But my question : Have you ever visited a church in Austria & visited the choirs place there ? Did you notice the wooden massive music stads with the four or five hooks ? That´s the way<, they managed the crook problem. They used the handhorn until late in the 19th century there in the village churches. ============================================================ ===================================================
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Kampen Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 10:10 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Speed of crook changing? 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/hans%40pizka. de _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
