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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 18:48:24 +0100
From: Jim Katz <JimKatz@JohnAbbott.qc.ca>
Subject: Re: Nazi Clarinet
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com>>> Subject: Nazi Clarinet for Sale
>>I was under the impression that use of clarinets against a civilian
population ....As far as I know that prohibition in the rules of engagement only applied
to bassoons and similar heavy ordnance.Jim Katz,DSB
(Distant Second Bassoon)
I Medici di McGill
Physician Orchestra
Montreal, Quebec, Canada---------------------------------------------------------
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 18:52:15 +0100
From: Jim Katz <JimKatz@JohnAbbott.qc.ca>
Subject: Re: organ experience
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com>>My band director was also
>>a church organist and the pipe organ had such great volume that a spike had
>>to be put under the volume pedal to prevent blowing out any more windows in
>>the Melrose, MA, Memorial Hall.How would that spike help? The "volume control" on a pipe organ only
controls the opening and closing of swell shutters, doesn't it?Jim Katz,DSB
(Distant Second Bassoon)
I Medici di McGill
Physician Orchestra
Montreal, Quebec, Canada---------------------------------------------------------
From: DGross1226@aol.com
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 20:22:55 EDT
Subject: Re: Stompable Instrument
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com
In a message dated 99-08-17 18:41:44 EDT, MG writes:<< I was under the impression that use of clarinets against a civilian
population was expressly forbidden by the Geneva Convention on the conduct of
warfare. I hope that the original owner is dead, other wise the war crimes
tribunal might still be interested.>>Wouldn't it be great if a great Klezmer clarinetist bought the horn.
Don Gross
La Canada, California---------------------------------------------------------
From: Heliconman@aol.com
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 03:05:31 EDT
Subject: Re: organ experience
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comIn a message dated 8/17/99 7:15:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
JimKatz@JohnAbbott.qc.ca writes:> >>My band director was also
> >>a church organist and the pipe organ had such great volume that a spike had
> >>to be put under the volume pedal to prevent blowing out any more windows in
> >>the Melrose, MA, Memorial Hall.
>
> How would that spike help? The "volume control" on a pipe organ only
> controls the opening and closing of swell shutters, doesn't it?
>
> Jim KatzNot exactly sure what the pedal actually controls mechanically. I guess I
never gave it much thought. I was explained to me (a high school kid at the
time) that the spike prevented the organist from "putting the pedal to the
metal" as they say. Perhaps there were other volume adjustments that were
made later. Maybe I could sneak a peek at the thing some night before the
Melrose Symphony starts rehearsal in September.
Cheers!
---------------------------------------------------------From: Heliconman@aol.com
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 03:14:23 EDT
Subject: Re: Stompable Instrument
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comIn a message dated 8/17/99 8:23:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
DGross1226@aol.com writes:> << I was under the impression that use of clarinets against a civilian
> population was expressly forbidden by the Geneva Convention on the conduct of
> warfare. I hope that the original owner is dead, other wise the war crimes
> tribunal might still be interested.>>
>
> Wouldn't it be great if a great Klezmer clarinetist bought the horn.
>
....and did a Klezmer version of The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" and
smashed the thing like a Who guitar for the big finale!!!!
---------------------------------------------------------From: "Harry Searing" <hsearing@home.com>
Subject: Subject: Nazi Clarinet for Sale
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:03:22 -0400
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comNow playing the clarinet - that's a war crime if I ever heard one!
I once saw at Herb Kleeman's repair shop (NJ) a beautiful old bass clarinet
(don't remember the manufacturer) that, if I remember correctly, had a
swastika on the bell!!!! It also still had the original cloth with the same
logo on it!!!Harry Searing
---------------------------------------------------------
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:26:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Adam Kent-Isaac <lokibassoon@yahoo.com>
Subject: Organs
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comAdam
lokibassoon@yahoo.comBelonging to a synagogue I'd never had any experience with the pipe
organ (the closest thing to an organ was the accordion.) It's always
been a foreign concept to me. However, a new organ is being built at a
local concert hall and it really is amazing being able to see the inner
workings of this monster. Maybe I should try it sometime…-Adam
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From: "Sarah Cordish" <cordish@internet-zahav.net>
Subject: Re: Stompable Instrument
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 01:14:06 +0300
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comBefore buying Nazi clarinet, beware of possible outcomes:
- Clarinet will believe itself better than all other clarinets except a few and be difficult for ensemble work.
- Clarinet will try to take over Boosey and Hawkes, Buffet, Selmer, and Amati.
- Clarinet will hate other woodwinds.
- Clarinet will shoot women and children on sight.
Too risky for klezmer.Sarah
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From: "Aaron Rabushka" <arabushk@cowtown.net>
Subject: Re: Stompable Instrument
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 16:58:30 -0500
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comThe idea of klezmer-shpielen on the erstwhile Nazified clarinet brings to
mind two questions:
- Why defile klezmer music with a Nazi instrument?
- What better way to dance on Hitler's grave?
Aaron J. Rabushka
arabushk+AEA-cowtown.net
http://www.cowtown.net/users/arabu
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