Steve F wrote
Larry, an admirable quest on your part (to provoke more thought about the
nature of talent) but I don't believe you, me, this group, or any group of
people will ever settle the nature or nuture question. Too many examples
exist of excellence in musical performance where no
Larry J suggested
To keep track of the exact position of your valve
slides, consider using a permanent laundry marker like
a Sharpie fine point permanent marker. Make a dash
line at the point where the slides enter the horn.
First wipe the marked area free of grease, then mark.
The mark lasts
Margaret D wrote
We all play arpeggios during performances -- practice them during your
warm-up.
We all play scales during performances -- practice them during your warm-up.
We all play long tones, high and low and loud and soft -- practice them during
your warm-up.
And once you've practiced
Herb F wrote
This has brought up an interesting discussion. While the standing wave travels
more efficiently around a ninety degree bend because it reflects off the
corner, what happens when there's a node or antinode there? My acoustic theory
is weak here. Has anything been published?
Hans P wrote
A ship´ s horn has no tiny lead pipe quite NO resistance, but it
sounds like a DINO FART.
And Fred B responded
Prof. Pizka, I know you are close to retirement, but had no idea that you
were so old as to remember what a dinosaur farting sounds like...what
is the secret of your
Leonard B wrote
99% of the time I am in total agreement with you but as you must know
tempo, phrasing and dynamics are imposable to have at the same time. I
would suggest that tempo and phrasing be used but everything be played FF
just to make sure the judges can hear the tryout. Phrasing
Bill B sent us the following message
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Greg said
I've never understood why everyone seems to manufacture their duck's
feet and flippers to be so uncomfortable.
First off, don't make them too small. Next, find something softer than
cork to glue on as a pad. I use one of those rubbery shoe-insert pads
cut to the right shape; in
Scottito offered this
Better than a berp is a score of the piece
you are playing (or just a good ear).
**
Good advice, Scottie! A score makes a swell
substitute for a BERP. What you do is you
roll the score up so that it makes a long
tube whose inner diameter matches that
of your
Paul K write
BTW - as a first year music student in Manchester in
1966/67 I had it drummed into me that Sullivan's well
known 'Lost Chord' was the worst tune ever written -
discuss!
*
This one has been digust many times before.
Gotta go,
Cabbage
Someone wondered How many horn parts are there
in the Mikado?
David G answered
My horn has
4 valve caps
4 valves
4 rotors
4 rotor screws
8 string screws
4 strings
8 rotor-stop screws
4 rotor-stops
8 corks
4 thingies that hold the rotos in place
4 levers
4 lever springs
2 lever spring screws
2
Someone wrote
So, how does one tear a muscle in the embouchure?
Is it common? How can you protect yourself--standard
warmup stuff?
The embouchure is not the only part of your face which
is liable to injury in this fashion. I remember playing
La Boheme with Opera San Jose. In
Bob D wrote
After extended breaks of anywhere up to a year, I warm up carefully on the
Rossari etudes transposed to horn in A, then do Book VI of the
Maxime-Alphonse a couple of times through, with all the repeats. Then I'm
ready for a nice warm bath.
Those extended breaks come
Hans P was giving us good advice
Are we so spoiled by all these super idiotic commercials their
ballyhoo ??? Like: put the nail between thumb forefinger of the left
hand, haha, point the nails point against the wall,- got it ? -, get
the hammer into your right hand, - you too madam-, holding
Alecks O wrote
I have to play this piece for an American Music concert and was wondering if
anybody knows of a recording of it. Also, does anyone know the present
whereabouts of Karl Kohn?
**
karl Kohn has retired, but he still can be reached through
the Music Department at Pomona
Joe D is dizzy with excitement at the prospect
of hearing Prof. Cabbage speak and play:
And then, he said that his tone is rather dark!
I suppose that is in reference to his playing tone,
or what else could it be?!?!?
And so, It would surely (likely) be appropriate for
us all to raise the
Bill T is excited because he has an superb opportunity
to miss my talk at Fermilab next week:
Will your presentation involve any portion of the particle
accelerator? Boy, hook up a horn to that baby and increase
your upper range by 20 or 30 octaves. I wonder if bombarding
a bell with
Prof. Cabbage will once again hit the road, this time
bringing his thoughts, such as they are, on the physics
of brass instruments to Fermilab in Illinois. The
talk will be 4 PM Wednesday, October 6. Since the
presentation will conclude with his interpretation of
Beethoven's Op. 17 on natural
Chris B wrote
Dear Cabbage,
I have had far too much stout beer, a few too many manhattans and too my
knowledge I am the only Chris B on this list and I have never complained
about anyone writing diddly squat on parts that needed to be transposed.
(Burp) Surely you are speaking of (burp, hic)
Chris B is annoyed when people write note names on
their parts because they can't transpose:
Yeah, and I erased what i could of the person before me
*
Erasing or rubbing out offending horn players seems like an
overly drastic step to me, but, luckily, there are too many
horn
Anna H wrote
I don't think it's at all uncommon for
artists to use classical music.
Amazing but true. Did you know that Mozart
used classical music when he was writing
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik?
Gotta go,
Cabbage
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Dee Anne Proctor wondered
One last question, Professor Cabbage...
If Ralph Nader were a horn player, would he play a natural horn? What would
he do with the condensation that collected in his horn?
You misspelled the word condescension.
Gotta go,
Cabbage
Prof. I. M. G requested enlightenment on the following topics:
1) If your valves are dirty and your hand is dirty, will the resultanting
stopped note come out cleanly whether or not you have fingered it above or
below or does the fingering depend on whether or not you have figured out the
Bill B wrote
How do the newer 8Ds compare with the Elkhart horns?
*
Look, I know that this is a highly political season
here in the US, but I would be grateful if the hornlist
didn't waste too much linewidth discussing Neo-Conns.
gotta go,
Cabbage
David G wrote
if you want to do your colleague a great, if
embarrassing favor, peek into his/her bell.
**
I'll say that's embarrassing! Why on earth would
it be a favor to
oh wait, that word was peek.
Sorry, I misread it. Never mind.
Gotta go,
Susan T wrote
and you will probably have very solid petal
tones on the trombone as soon as you start
playing it...
and Cabbage wrote:
I had a rose brass bell installed on my trombone,
so now my petal tones are really impressive.
then Richard B opined:
It also does wonders for your
Ben L wrote
The french horn listings on Ebay these days are clogged with frequent
ads from three stores that sell extremely inexpensive new French
horns. One place sells singles from Victory Band Instruments that
cost $125. Another sells Helmke singles for $129. Doubles go for
$245. What
Susan T wrote
Reading the different trombone clefs (bass, tenor, alto) can be useful for
improving your musical knowledge and may help your facility at transposition,
and using a slide rather than valves can be useful for experimenting with
intonationand you will probably have very solid
Gcoltrin wrote
I have a Conn 8D (not surprising) that was made in 1960 according to the
serial number. It has a rather odd pattern engraved in the bell, rather akin
to flames. I've never seen it on any other Conn, 8D or otherwise. Does
anybody
know what this is? Was it done after the
Herb F wrote
Well, actually, no. The 6% is accurate, but you multiply, not add. That is you
multiply by 1.06 12 times to get an octave. Instead of 1.72, this give 2.01
(not exactly 2.00 because the 6% is slightly high). Therefore a D hose would
be
14 1/4 feet, and a D basso hose would be 28 1/2
I have extra copies of some music which may
interest hornlisters. Pieces marked with
an asterisk* have been published. I will send
free of charge whatever titles interest you, but
I hope you will not request a piece which it would
be impossible for you to perform.
Pie Jesu* - treble chorus
John K wrote
As a piano tuner with more than twenty years
experience I can tell you that it is impossible to
tune a piano properly with a pair of scissors.
**
Not so fast, John. The scissors I buy at the
local store come from China, so they are tuned
to A = 445, instead of 440. But
Carlberg wrote
I just finished a small patio table made from two fiberglass cafeteria
trays and copper tubing, and I'm sitting outside reading, sipping my
coffee. Between writing e-mail and practicing. It's 72 degrees
Fahrenheit/22 Celsius outside. Life is good.
The more mundane is that I just
William B wondered
My questions come in here. I've become reasonably convinced that 'pop
tone' is an important consideration in the performance of any given
mouthpiece design. What is 'proper' pop tone? What influence does mass
of the mouthpiece have on the effect of pop tone? What factor
Simple S wrote about horn cleaning
By the way, if, like me, you have students using school horns, try
putting a plain wooden (disposable) chopstick into the leadpipe, swirl
it around (No, not the horn, Cabbage!) and show them what comes out.
Then point out to them that the color of the gunk is
Steven T wrote
a picture of a digitally enhanced horn -- it looked like it had
about 8 vavles.
And Simple S replied
In that case you'd need a digitally enhanced player to use it.
:-)
BTW, mine doesn't have any vavles at all! Is that natural?
***
No. A horn without valves is
Herb F wrote about Conn products during WWII:
Not only were these companies diverted to producing war materials, but brass
itself was an essential material. My first horn was a 1945 brass King
double--a Kruspe copy with the upside down change valve. It must have been one of the
first made
The Peninsula Symphony needs two horn
players for a concert Sunday, June 13.
The concert is in the south bay; rehearsal
at 5:30; dinner; evening concert. The orchestra
is playing about twenty minutes are part of
a longer concert. Contact me for details.
gotta go,
Cabbage
Brian D wrote
I am looking for recommendations on a recording of Rossini's
Prelude, Theme and Variations for Horn and Piano.
Any help is much appreciated.
***
I recommend that you record it on a CD. Some
people say that vinyl has better fidelity, but
porgress is progress, you know.
Glad
Cabbage (moi) suggested
On the other hand, you could try playing the Long
Call with all the alternative transpositions,
rhythms, and articulations suggested in Kopprasch
Etude 40. And ask the conductor to do the optional
D.C. at the end of the opera, just to make Hans jealous.
And Hans P
Bob D wrote
Well...
I just discovered a simpler Long Call...
just play the Short Call really, really, really s l o w l y.
*
On the other hand, you could try playing the Long
Call it with all the alternative transpositions,
rhythms, and articulations suggested in Kopprasch
Etude
Prof Cabbage will once again take his portable
act on the road, spreading physics and cheer
to grateful multitudes along the way.
Ingrates wishing to miss the
physics and/or the cheer are advised
to avoid Amherst MA next week; on
Wednesday, May 5 he will address the
Physics Department of the
Walter L wrote
I have on of John's mutes and I really like it. The price is very
reasonable, and his workmanship is superb! A colleague came
to rehearsal one evening and showed me her new Ion Balu,
and the finish work was no where near as good as John's.
My vote, hands down, buy one of John
Hans P let us know about different kinds of stage fright:
We have also to consider other sources for stage fright, as are family
health problems...So careful mild medication might help..
There is also a kind of stage fright, which is caused by the colleagues,
who just wait for your
Mike G suggested this book:
Stage Fright in Music Performance
and Its Relationship to the Unconscious
**
Though I have occasionally suffered from
a little stage fright, I have never been so
badly affected that it made me unconscious.
Nevertheless, if you have this problem, then
Roxanne H wondered
I posted a question on the Horn list, and I have received all
of the info that I need. How do I remove the posting?
***
Sorry for your problem, Roxanne! Luckily, you can
remove unwanted postings these days using modern,
safe laser techniques. Unfortunately,
Steve M wrote
A suggestion along those lines from Dave Krebiehl was to try to miss the
note. Have the sound of the high note you're going to play clearly in mind
then, instead of elaborately preparing and screwing up your chops, you take a
breath and play with no preparation and mentally
Hans P wrote
...I would replace the guy in front using his stick
for some kind of aerobic, but earning much money.
*
Your wishes have been answered, Hans.
rtsp://cds101.bit-drive.ne.jp/shp/02-38-QR105.rm
Gotta go,
Cabbage
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Mke K had this to say to Hans P
BTW Professor Pizka, actually I'm not that big, I'm 5'8 so far and
weigh only 142 lbs. My cousins are bigger. My grandma and mom say im to
skinny...:-(, but I'm workin out, or at least tryin to. I wish horn playing
*Arnold
Schwarzannegar? accent* pumped
William V wrote
Surely there are some in the Valley
who say Cali-for-nigh-ay
At any rate, your governor may pump Iron,
but the Viennese are busy 'pumpen'
horns...
Hyuk hyuk hyuk...
**
William, I forsee a brilliant future for
you as a stand up comedian. So if you're
in
Cathryn C wrote about learning musicality
While it is true that you can't learn musicianship from a book, it's
nice to have some of these sometimes very abstract concepts in writing
to help me find the words when expressing them to others.
**
Everything I know about playing the horn
Michael wrote
Im starting my own small organization against marching bands that
force students to march, its called PAMBFSTM (People Against
Marching Bands Forcing Students To March) does it sound catchy?
**
Real catchy, Mike! In fact, you should organize a protest march. You
could
David G recently underwent a near-life experience:
I recently stumbled upon Russian Orthodox
Choral music. If you know the genre, you know
that a lot of it is constructed of very lush, slowly
morphing thick chords sung by large choirs that
can produce a euphoric feeling not unlike floating
Lawrence said
subject: [Hornlist] Horn section for hire?
On Friday I will be playing the Mozart Wind Serenades in Preston.
The programme has been printed by someone from the venue and lists the
instruments:
2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons and 2 hors.
Should be an interesting gig!
Jim T wondered
We're singing Haydn's 3rd Mass and since there are no horn parts I get to
sing. But a question has come up regarding the pronounciation of a word
often repeated in the piece. If it's the same as Italian which in this case
I thought it was, the Latin word 'pacem' is pronounced
Laurent wrote
The only earth double salt that I take cerously is with tequila.
Isn't CMN a liberal mouthpiece?
sorry..I was thinking about CNN.
*
CMN, CNN, it doesn't matter, Larry, I won't use any
mouthpiece, no matter how liberal, if it doesn't fit
my horn's
Bill Bamberg wondered
Has anyone out there gotten a new horn
they were happy with?
*
Yes. I bought a Paxman Cor d'Orchestra 18
years ago, and the valves have never given
me the slightest problem. And the high C
crook is perfect for my garden hose.
Gotta go,
Cabbage
Chris T wrote
In all seriousness, I bet most of us never heard of factory dust or lapping
compound in new horns until the recent hornlist posts. If it were really a
problem, wouldn't it have been brought to the general horn-public's attention
much earlier?
As it happens, Chris, I
Last month I had the pleasure of performing
Cosi fan tutte on natural horn. None of the
other orchestra players played an authentic
instrument - but it was not so polished a production
that my hand horn stood out.
Pleasure faded when disaster struck.
During the fifth performance, just before
Hans P wrote
BTW, what is an rank amateur ? I have seen horses vomiting !
**
Hans, Hans, you are at a great disadvantage. Having played
horn professionally for over 40 years, you of course
lack the experience and insight necessary to comprehend
fully the world of amateur horn playing.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Believe it or not, their 'custom' cars won't pass basic safety
requirements required by our illustrious government agencies,
so they are not street legal.
David J answered
And yet they can hit a wall at 180 mph, roll over more times than
I do in a single night's
Hans P wrote
Today, German TV EinsFestival announced the No.6 Symphony by the
Austrian composer Anton Bruckner, the symphony also named Pastorale.
Wow, that's utterly Pathetique, isn't it Hans?
Gotta go,
Cabbage
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Josh C wrote
I never said I couldn't play in tune on one. I can play in tune on a garden
hose with a funnel jammed in the end. I said they were notoriously
difficult to play in tune. Glad you've got my problem all figured out
though. Now if I can just figure out which end to put the
Mike wrote
Hello everyone,
I noticed on my new yamaha 668NDII that it seems like water leaks from
the main f tuning slide. I emptied some water while practicing, and when I
was
going to again I grabbed the slide and the metal felt wet. I think it might
be that when I was replacing the
Hans P wrote
Funny interesting to note, that nobody reacted to the message below,
which I sent two weeks ago. (One of Hans P's customers proved to
be a direct descendent of Count Sporck) Might be, most or all of you have
never
heard about that name the importance for the horn development or
Hans P wrote
But Motz-art remains Motz-art and not Mozart. One has to know the
spelling of at least the most prominent composers for our instrument
as:
Richy Wach-nar, Rick Struss, Paul Hundemued, Benjy Britton, Joe
Heiden.
*
Not to mention correctly spelling the names of legendary horn
Hans P, who is still alive and well - actually, I don't
know how still he is, but he certainly is alive and
well - wrote:
Lucy aked for a copy of Motzart no.3 concerto.
This is the cutest typo.
**
Yes, isn't that cute? Actually, Lucy meant
to ak for a copy of concerto no. 2.
Gotta
A friend of mine had the following questions.
I am working up Bozza's En foret for a recital this spring, and came up with
a question:
Do the markings sons naturels indicate that the passages so annotated be
played as if on a natural horn
That marking appears in the Leduc edition (i) in the
Prof. Cabbage is about to go on the road.
Dr. Holmes will talk about how the different parts of a
brass instrument contribute to the sound it makes.
Alan C wrote
Wish I could be there.
I expect the Holmes will be greater than the sum of the parts.
Yes, the talk will include
Prof Cabbage will take his esteemed
Road Show to New England this week,
giving talks in Watertown MA and
at Osmun's shop on the 20th and 21st.
Those who require specific instructions
for missing these talks are encouraged
to contact the Prof. off list.
I hope to borrow a natural horn so that
I
Choralnet has posted a listing of works for
horn and chorus. Here is the link
http://choralnet.org/resources/viewResource.phtml?id=2076lang=en
gotta go,
Cabbage
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set your options at
Prof. I. M. G wrote
From The Voice of Reason:
Orchestra releases CD with 11 silent tracks
The real Sound of Silence
The New Barton Silent Symphony Orchestra has released a CD containing 11
tracks of complete silence.
The tracks include a silent version of the classic Beastie Boys song Fight
William wrote
Actually, with today's technology MDs are a little behind the times. They
still work though but they can be a pain to transfer to digital.
Correction again that should be they can be a pain to transfer to the
computer.
No kidding. I tried to transfer my
William wrote
I have three bells. One is nickel silver with kranz and the
other two are medium and wide yellow brass bells.
**
Way cool, Bill. Exactly how do you put your bells on?
Is it awkward when you sit? Do any of them work on
your horn?
Gotta go,
Cabbage
Hans P wrote
And about the spelling: is it so difficult too remember that
umlaut is to be spelled with an attached letter e only.
***
Yes, Haens, buet the questioen ies, where
shoueld we puet the letter e in umlaut?
Is it uemlaut? eumlaut? umleaut? umlaeut? umlauet?
Goetta
alan c wrote
Benjamin Franklin invented the glass harmonica.
**
for which those of us who love
Koyaanesquatsi are eternally grateful.
Gotta go,
Cabbage
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Laurent wittily wrote:
One of the best things about cabbage is:
IT MAKES YOU GO TO THE BATHROOM.
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE SAYING: GOTTA GO
***
Modest, self-effacing crucifer that I am, I had not guessed
that anyone would rank this particular attribute high among
my myriad
Walt L wrote
I am throwing in my two cents worth on the mutes. Just last week I was at
a rehearsal and our fourth horn came in and got out her Ion Balu mute and
showed it to me. I have to say that the workmanship on John Kowalchuk's
mutes are MUCH better than Ion's, and John's prices are also
Hans was bemoaning the decay of German culture:
Thumb folks are the BEST (EASIEST) CONSUMER. Thumb folks do never
revolt. Thumb folks can be kicked in the ass, but would eventually say
thank you then.
and Amy wondered
Thumb folks? Any words of wisdom from Cabbage?
***
Thank you!
Gotta
Peter H wondered
I have a horn, looks like a french horn but only clue I have is
internationl stamped on the side as possible maker. Does
anyone out there have any info on this company or this horn.
I would REALLY appreciate your help or input.
*
The Internationl hrns are
Hand P offered the following opinion
Dynamic: well see Richards letter the pre-last paragraph I DEFANGED_have
DEFANGED_found DEFANGED_that DEFANGED_loud DEFANGED_playing
DEFANGED_and DEFANGED_high DEFANGED_register DEFANGED_play
DEFANGED_requires DEFANGED_quite DEFANGED_a DEFANGED_bit
Leonard B wrote
If you had this problem you would see how silly your Stop it, play
better prepared. comment is. If someone got hit in the mouth with a
baseball bat before a concert would you tell them to be better prepared?
**
Hey, if they had left their catcher's mask in the
William wrote
Oh yes, and mine only ways 4.5 pounds... :)
No weigh, William!
Gotta go,
Cribbage
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William wrote, comparing cars to horns
Not to say either Horn, or car, is better than the other. It's different
strokes for different folks, or in this case whatever you like driving the
most.
In the hands of an accomplished driver, any car will do well. That is, I
suppose, unless you've got
William has a great deal of free time,
so he disassembles his Schmid:
The valves on these horns are incredible. You
can definately feel a difference in them once
you remove them.
I noticed that on my Schmid too. Once I had
the rotors out, the valve levers worked even faster.
Some
David G wrote
Subject to Cabbage's imprimatur, as I am at best rusty armchair:
While ..etc... etc.. (recede)
***
Yeah, Dave, I'm premature all right,
but only by a week and a half. How
did you guess?
Gotta go,
Cabbage
Bob M clearly has way too much free time on his hands:
I am at the top of a hill sitting on my bicycle. I tune my horn to
a440. I proceed down the hill (still playing the concert a) where a
highly-sensitive tuner is positioned to determine the pitch of my
instrument at precisely the moment I
David G wrote
The air that emanates from your embouchure loses a lot of heat on
expansion, so your mouthpiece heats up, leaving much cooler air to travel
through the horn. To transfer heat through the horn, it is most efficient
to remove the mouthpiece and blow directly into the leadpipe. You
Shane M wrote
Air density varies inversely proportional to temperature? Sound
(vibration) will travel slower through denser materials.
That's my guess. It's been a few years.
*
No so. If you heat up the air in your horn, the density decreases.
But if you compress some air while
Paul
It is my understanding that the Doppler effect is heard only when there
is motion by the sound source (toward or away from) the point of
perception, or vice versa, when the point of perception moves in
relation to the sound source.
**
True. If you run while playing your horn,
Herb F wrote
I had to pull the slide out because of the laws of physics, not my
emouchure.
Increasing the temperature from 40 deg F to 100 deg F (4 deg C to 33 deg C)
increases the speed of sound by 5%. On a 9 foot horn (Bb horn) that's 6
inches,
or a slide pull of 3 inches (7.5 cm).
This is for horn players in the San Francisco
Bay area.
We need a horn player for the Peninsula Symphony;
Rehearsal Tuesday, Nov 18; Wednesday Nov 19;
Concert Friday Nov 21; Sunday afternoon Nov 23.
Faure Requiem with the Stanford Symphonic Chorus.
Rehearsals and concerts at Stanford. Contact me
Paxmaha wrote
The history of standard tuning is a long and complex one, more so than
one would think at first glance. There are actual histories of tuning and
temperament, quite specialized reading, but not all that dull, surprisingly. I
don't know that it was the Versailles treaty, but
Graham wondered
How much do you guys use the right hand for intonation?
***
A lot, Graham.
What if the player to your right is playing a little
sharp or flat? Just open or close your hand a little bit
inside the bell, and you'll be in tune with them. And what
if the player to your
William wrote
I think of a nice 1775 Raoux when I think of
what a horn should sound like myself.
***
I prefer to think of a superb 1995 Veuve Cliquot
Champagne La Grande Dame, offering hints of
fresh fruit (especially citrus), followed by riper notes of
vanilla and nougat. In the
Professor Cabbage will bring his celebrated
Road show (in which he offers his so-called
explanation of the Physics of brass musical
instruments before taking up the natural horn
to commit serious injury to Beethoven Op. 17)
to southern California, enlarging the swath of
destruction in a region
Wilbert gave us the following news flash:
From the Greenville News, Greenville, SC November 4, 3002.
The entire music budget for Blue Ridge High School, Choir and Band,
as given by state funds and the local school board is $5,389.
The rest of the $60,000 Band Budget comes from a student
Hans P offered
better leave the horn alone, put it on the wall or
in the shrank, use it for practising at home occasionally,
David G wondered
in the *shrank* ??? What's a shrank? Help!
**
David, please forgive Hans if he did not offer an idiomatic
translation. He of course meant
Robert F wrote
Just looking for a little advice. I recently bought an Alex 103 direct
from Alex. When it arrived last week there was an oval ring of discoloured
brass adjacent to the valves. It started off black and faded to pink over a
few days (isn't oxidised nickel pink??). Then I was away for
David G spoke as a math teacher:
Please look within before blaming your teacher for ruining your life.
I speak as a math teacher; the principles are the same, and so is the
dilemma. We are damned if we do, damned if we don't.
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And vice versa.
Gotta go,
Cabbage
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