Subject: TROMBONE-L Digest - 29 Mar 2003 to 30 Mar 2003 (#2003-88) Date: Monday, March 31, 2003 8:29 AM From: Automatic digest processor Reply-To: "Trombones and related issues forum." To: Recipients of TROMBONE-L digests There are 4 messages totalling 166 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Bagpipes, Tromboons, etc. (3) 2. Hamilton trombone? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 08:01:32 -0600 From: Chris McClure Subject: Bagpipes, Tromboons, etc. Now, come on folks, there is a worse instrument than the bagpipes. The Tromboon...developed by PDQ Bach (Bassoon Reed and Bocle inserted in place of a regular mouthpiece on a regular Trombone. PDQ said it contained all the disadvantages of both instruments. But, I digress). Actually, since I don't hear it every day, I actually enjoy the pipes.I admit it freely, though I love a good bagpipe joke any day. Someone I once knew took his Scottish heritage seriously. He was learning the bagpipes--you start on a chanter, looks like a cross between a recorder and a clarinet, but it only does the pentatonic (5 note) scale. However, when I played it, somehow a regular 8 note scale came out ! In parades, pipes and drums will never be drowned out! However, if you march (or have ever marched) in a massed band with a pipe and drum regiment, and you played trombone or any other instrument, you will understand, as I do, what the word *CLANK!* means. :o) God bless, and may you have miles of smiles as you slide the week away! Chris Ann in ND mcclurefamily@ndak.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 09:52:44 -0600 From: Jeff Albert Subject: Re: Bagpipes, Tromboons, etc. > > Actually, since I don't hear it every day, I actually enjoy the pipes.I > admit it freely, though I love a good bagpipe joke any day. > I once heard an expatriate Scot commentator on NPR. He noted that Americans that organize function for Scots in the US always include bagpipes. He wondered why the Americans hadn't realized that bagpipes were the reason most of them left Scotland. Jeff ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 08:40:34 -0800 From: Tom Izzo Subject: Re: Bagpipes, Tromboons, etc. Chris, --- Chris McClure wrote: > Now, come on folks, there is a worse instrument than > the bagpipes. The > Tromboon...developed by PDQ Bach (Bassoon Reed and > Bocle inserted in place > of a regular mouthpiece on a regular Trombone. Are you kidding. This process actually improves the Bassoon. :-) And it's "bocal". Tom PDQ > said it contained all the > disadvantages of both instruments. But, I digress). > > Actually, since I don't hear it every day, I > actually enjoy the pipes.I > admit it freely, though I love a good bagpipe joke > any day. > > Someone I once knew took his Scottish heritage > seriously. He was learning > the bagpipes--you start on a chanter, looks like a > cross between a recorder > and a clarinet, but it only does the pentatonic (5 > note) scale. However, > when I played it, somehow a regular 8 note scale > came out ! > > In parades, pipes and drums will never be drowned > out! However, if you > march (or have ever marched) in a massed band with a > pipe and drum regiment, > and you played trombone or any other instrument, you > will understand, as I > do, what the word *CLANK!* means. :o) > > God bless, and may you have miles of smiles as you > slide the week away! > > Chris Ann in ND > mcclurefamily@ndak.net ===== Tom Izzo Principal Trombonist, Bristol Renaissance Faire Bass Trombonist, West Suburban Symphony Orchestra Alto/Tenor/Bass/Contrabass Trombones, Tubas, Bass Trumpet, Euphonium, Electric Bass, Percussion http://www.Geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/7875/ (630) 983-1985 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 18:32:57 +0200 From: Howard Weiner Subject: Re: Hamilton trombone? At 11:37 29.03.03 -0600, Eric Swanson wrote: >Could you please tell me (us) what "Langwill" is? If it is a book, what >is the title? Eric, The "Langwill" is a very useful book for brass research. The full title is: Lyndesay G. Langwill, "An Index of Musical Wind-Instrument Makers" The first five editions were privately published by the author. I have the fifth edition, which came out in 1977 when Langwill was 80 years old. A sixth edition was published in 1993 after Langwill's death under the title: William Waterhouse ed., "The New Langwill Index: a dictionary of musical wind-instrument makers and inventors" (London: Tony Bingham, 1993) Like any reference work, it has its limitations. But it's a good place to start a search for information about specific makers. Any respectable university music library should have a copy. Howard -- Howard Weiner weiner@privat.toplink.de http://www.odilia.ch/howard-weiner If vegetarians eat only vegetables, what do humanitarians eat? ------------------------------ End of TROMBONE-L Digest - 29 Mar 2003 to 30 Mar 2003 (#2003-88) ****************************************************************