I'd wish to order a few accessories listed in the Alexander website,
but can't find how to do it. An email sent to them got no answer. Any
suggestions?
Daniel
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Steve Freides wrote:
... I guess I'm looking for suggestions as either a
percentage of the list price or a percentage of what the big
mail-order places sell for.
Why not do a search on eBay, and base your evaluation on what someone has
actually paid for a similar horn? You can even print the
But this is just the "Short Call" from Siegfrieds Rhine
Journey.
But it is a nice video clip.
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Dan McCartney wrote:
Almost no Americans will recognize Hans' second quotation, because
schools
and colleges don't have students read the Odyssey any more even in
ENGLISH,
let alone the original Greek. We have raised ignorance to astonishing
levels.
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Yes, I remember Dizzy and his brother, Daffy Dean very well with the St.
Louis Cardinals, and later when Dizzy tried to be a sports announcer.
The current use of the redundant "where it's at" phrase reminds me of my
mother's reaction each time she heard anyone use it. I think the sports
announc
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the current fad in the US to refer
to any
wind instrument as a "horn." It's mainly used with s*x*ph*n*s.
We're tired of that topic: we've already had sacks of horn jokes!
Hans wrote:
Would be very interesting to know about, as it widens ones
horizon.
Are yo
I'd like guidance as to how to value a horn I'm donating to my son's school.
My son switched to a much better horn but his old one is still much better
than the others at his middle school, and we have decided to donate it to
the middle school rather than sell it. Suffice it to say we think his
mi
Give birth to it in your mind, we all know where 440, or 442 for those
across the pond. :D we just tuned to it. So there is your foundation, the
violins such should, in theory be close, Put all those years of musicianship
training to good use.
Mathew James
It is easy enough to pick up the orchestra pitch when you make an entrance
in a piece. Does anyone have suggestions on honing in on a pitch when it comes
at the very beginning of the piece when there is no reference. Play, listen
and adjust? How can all players come closest to getting it
Almost no Americans will recognize Hans' second quotation, because schools
and colleges don't have students read the Odyssey any more even in ENGLISH,
let alone the original Greek. We have raised ignorance to astonishing
levels.
On 11/13/06, Tom Spillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I do remembe
What What is all this stuff about proper english. Hmmm, I wonder
how some of yous "proper english guys" play the horn.
Milton
Milton Kicklighter
4th horn Buffalo Phil
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry Hans, your ironic rebuttal contained many errors and proves my point.
This was a copy e
In a message dated 11/13/2006 3:32:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I met the brothers when I was a Cub Scout in Dallas. They moved here after
retiring and came to one of our meetings.
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Good thing you didn't tell them you were a scout for the Cubs. There has
always be
errrmm I hesitate to post this, but if life is hard, maybe you might like to
look at this little masterpiece of a performance of our favourite piece of
Wagner
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIAPf8BQhjQ_
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIAPf8BQhjQ)
And here there's another facet of our h
Paul. They were "Dizzy and "Daffy".
I was a big fan of the Cardinals when I was growing up in St. Louis in
the 1930's and 1940's. I was a member of the "knothole gang" which
gave kids free admission to games, so I could, conceivably, go see a
major league game for less than a dollar: $0.
Bill Gross wrote:
Next question, what was his bother's name?
Paul. Dizzy and Daffy. (And their French cousin Goufee) :)
Richard Smith
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Having spent a full scholastic year abroad, I am fully fluent (yes, even
near-native) in French. Upon completion of my B.A. in French, I was fortunate
enough to spend two years in an M.A. program in the French department of
Indiana University. There, part of my formation included studying 4 ot
On Nov 13, 2006, at 3:08 PM, Bill Gross wrote:
Next question, what was his bother's name?
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[. . .]
Here's one! I remember when he and his brother pitched for the old
St.
Louis Cardinals, before he became an announcer.
Well, let's see; the brother was Paul Dean
I met the brothers when I was a Cub Scout in Dallas. They moved here after
retiring and came to one of our meetings.
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Bill Gross wrote:
Next question, what was his bother's name?
Paul. They were "Dizzy and "Daffy".
I was a big fan of the Cardinals when I was growing up in St. Louis in
the 1930's and 1940's. I was a member of the "knothole gang" which
gave kids free admission to games, so I could, con
David Johnson of the American Horn Quartet is searching for an old model (circa
1970-80) Giardinelli S15 mouthpiece (cup only). If you have one wasting away in
a drawer, shoe box, etc., etc..could you please contact me privately so we
can begin negotiations?
Thanks in advance and s
Next question, what was his bother's name?
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[. . .]
Here's one! I remember when he and his brother pitched for the old St.
Louis Cardinals, before he became an announcer.
[. . .]
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Bill Gross wrote:
Dizzy Dean? Any takers on the number of folks on this list, US alone, who
remember that name?
Here's one! I remember when he and his brother pitched for the old St.
Louis Cardinals, before he became an announcer.
It's probably because my father was a big fan of his. Th
Sorry Hans, your ironic rebuttal contained many errors and proves my point.
This was a copy editor nightmare. The next day post was much more lucid and
erudite. When you take time to compose an intelligent post, you are interesting
writer. The posts composed in anger or speed are not so well
Dizzy Dean? Any takers on the number of folks on this list, US alone, who
remember that name?
There was a well known band director in what was the old Southwest
Conference who on more than one occasion at rehearsal was heard to murmur,
"think, thank, thunk. . . stink, stank, stunk."
Then again,
On Nov 13, 2006, at 10:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's not just the sports announcers. Listen to the local broadcast
news
in any market. It's full of disjunct phrases, colloquialisms,
redundancies, and dumbed down vocabulary and grammar. They use trendy
mispronunciations ("tore instead o
On Nov 13, 2006, at 10:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:00:09 -0600
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subject: RE: [Hornlist] language
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the current fad in the US to
refer to any
wind instrument as a "horn." It's mai
I do remember "quarum unum incolunt Belgae, qui fortissimi sunt" which
is, of course, the continuation of what I wrote. I don't remember your
second quotation (too many years since those days?).
A number of languages are complaining about the "poco a poco" changes
and increased use of Angli
Quarum unum incolunt Belgae, qui fortissimi sunt .. Or
do you remember "Andra moi eneppe muso polytropon hos mala
polla .." - do you remember. Yes, Plattdeutsch is very
similar to Dutch. We learned Althochdeutsch &
Mittelhochdeutsch, both very similar to Dutch, but they are
the ancestor lan
Hans,
What a nice reply! Luckily, I have spent most my life in stormy areas,
including a 3,000 mile trip my wife and I took with a British friend in
a 33' sailboat from Hull in Yorkshire to Lanzarote in the Canaries.
When we crossed the Bay of Biscay, we ran into a bit of rough weather
whi
Hello Tom,
Nice letter, nice area where you live, a bit exposed to
storms, but quite close to El Alamo & River Walk with nice
steak houses at reasonable prices.
I learned Hochdeutsch from my mother & clear Austrian
colored (vocables) German from my grandma & my father & in
school, but learned Lat
In re-reading what I just posted, I found also that my proof reading
abilities are about as bad as my writing abilities!
Please excuse the wide variety of spelling and grammatical errors!
Regards...
Tom
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Nonsense. I have corrected him many times, most
notably when he asserted that the mouthpiece
meets the lips at a right ankle. This is, off course,
a ludicrous mistake, since many players keep their
horns on the right leg. Therefore the left ankle is
the right ankle
Hans wrote:
A recent survey says that out of 12.000 FBI agents trained
in Arabic language not a single one could speak the language
as well as a native speaker. Out of 1400 agents trained in
foreign language profieciently, 900 spoke Spanish, but the
remaining 500 should cover the whole world ? B
Martin Bender wrote:
> N.H.R.
>
> Not quibbling, but it's "nit pick" (as in picking small
> parasites or lice [a.k.a. nits] from one's skin, also seen in
> simian grooming) and "ebonics" as in the colour ebony, in
> relation to the ridiculous attempt to formally integrate,
> categorize and
At one time I was some what conversant in Spanish, both written and spoken.
Due to lack of practice I can only claim limited knowledge of my native
language, English.
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Frage:
Wenn Montag Diensttag ist und Dienstag Freitag, was ist dann
Mittwoch ?
Ich weiss, dass Sie die deutsche Sprache gut verstehen !
==
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A recent survey says that out of 12.000 FBI agents trained
in Arabic language not a single one could speak the language
as well as a native speaker. Out of 1400 agents trained in
foreign language profieciently, 900 spoke Spanish, but the
remaining 500 should cover the whole world ? But these were
s
All this tawk about language is getting me bawd. I'm goin down to the staw
and get me a soder.
Regards,
Joe
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned the current fad in the US to refer to any
wind instrument as a "horn." It's mainly used with s*x*ph*n*s.
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N.H.R.
Not quibbling, but it's "nit pick" (as in picking small parasites or
lice [a.k.a. nits] from one's skin, also seen in simian grooming) and
"ebonics" as in the co
In a message dated 11/12/2006 6:18:37 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The new Paxman pipe will not fit a 1980 Model 20, otherwise I would order a
Paxman leadpipe. The problem is that the mouthpiece receiver is so worn that
the mouthpiece extends too far into the leadp
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