> On my Conn 8D I can play the Brahms Trio without pulling any slide
Weren't you terribly sharp?
jrc (ducking...)
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Erin,
I was Principal horn of the Harding College (now University) Bison Band,
Searcy, Arkansas. We wouldn't have dreamed of using any ethanol to unfreeze
us...lol. Hot chocolate was the poison of choice back then...no creme de
menthe in it either(bummer) It was so cold that rubbing alcoho
Walt - What college were you playing for down in Lawton? I had a similar
valve-freezing experience when I played at a conference championship game in
college up in Manhattan, KS. Unfortunately our director would only allow
rubbing alcohol to unfreeze them, and nothing to unfreeze us!
Erin Bloc
Gary,
As I write this, I am looking at a picture of the Parris Island Marine
Corps Band ( I know that's not the actual name) taped on my desk. I took
the picture, it was on Oct 23, 1998 at my son's graduation. When we went to
Parris Island from Michigan, I thought, I won't need a jacket, after
On Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at 09:54 PM, james maddrey wrote:
One of our duties was to play revile parade
A Freudian slip, perhaps?
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Hi,
I think the Deep South is one of the most disgusting
places to be employed outside as a musician.
My cold weather story...
Place: Head Shed, Parris Island, SC
Time: 0730
Temperature: mid to low 20s
Wind coming off the ocean at about 20mph
So there we are, marching down the road to the head
I am glad to see that that little gadget at the low place in the horn is
called a water key instead of a spit valve.
Spit valves are found on trumpets and trombones.
Nobody has mentioned the variation in the amount of water. Obviously, the
playing time is one cause. Playing in an air conditioned
On my Schmidt copy, I had a large problem of water as well. Some horns just
seem to gather water in more annoying places than others and this horn was the
worst. The easiest way to deal with water is to blow it out the leadpipe water
key as often as necessary. It may be more blowing than you're
At 8:52 PM +0200 5/31/05, Alon reuven wrote:
>I tend to have lots of water while I play - usualy I get along quite
>well , but when it comes to pieces like the Brahms trio or Beethoven
>sonata , I have a hard time emptying it .I will be glad to read any
>advice .
Greetings -
I went for a long t
Alon reuven wrote:
> I tend to have lots of water while I play - usualy I get
> along quite well , but when it comes to pieces like the
> Brahms trio or Beethoven sonata , I have a hard time emptying
> it .I will be glad to read any advice .
*Any* advice? I'm new to horn playing but I've been
I tend to have lots of water while I play - usualy I get along quite
well , but when it comes to pieces like the Brahms trio or Beethoven
sonata , I have a hard time emptying it .I will be glad to read any
advice .
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