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2002-02-15

From: "Mats Öljare"
Subject: [CB] Alto Tubax
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 02:19:13 +0000

I think they should try making an alto/baritone Tubax, pitched one octave
higher... talk about taking sax to new heights! /Ö
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From: "Steve Weinert at Excel.Net"
Subject: [CB] Not quite "Contra" but less than usual..........
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 04:14:47 -0600

Saw this ad:
SALE Bass Ophicleide. Henry Distin, 1860
Complete and working, completely repadded. A rare and beautiful collector's
or musician's instrument. Made in London in 1860 for British Army (14th Co.K.V.)
This handsome instrument has had extensive restoration done by a leading
brass instrument craftsman, with a number of keys, which were missing,
replaced. All the restoration work is removable, should the purchaser wish
to return the instrument to its earlier (unplayable) condition.
Complete with mouthpiece, neckstrap and custom built stand.£ 3,000 O.N.O.
Phone Richard.01202 690 224. (Dorset)
http://www.westcountrylinks.co.uk/forsale/music.htm
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Steve Weinert - srw@*****.net - Manitowoc, WI
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Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 12:07:23 +0100
Subject: Re: [CB] Not quite "Contra" but less than usual..........
From: "Klaus Bjerre"
> SALE Bass Ophicleide. Henry Distin, 1860
> Complete and working, completely repadded. A rare and beautiful collector's
> or musician's instrument. Made in London in 1860 for British Army (14th Co.
> K.V.)
> This handsome instrument has had extensive restoration done by a leading
> brass instrument craftsman, with a number of keys, which were missing,
> replaced. All the restoration work is removable, should the purchaser wish
> to return the instrument to its earlier (unplayable) condition.
> Complete with mouthpiece, neckstrap and custom built stand. £3,000 O.N.O.
> Phone Richard.01202 690 224. (Dorset)
>
> http://www.westcountrylinks.co.uk/forsale/music.htm
Scrolling down the same page presents the same instrument at a much higher
price.
And just above that second presentation there is this potentially more
interesting advertisement:
" I have a Selmer MkVI Bass Sax for sale. Excellent condition with spare
pads, springs, lots of reeds, floor stand and sling and good solid case.
Quick sale hence only £5900.00. Will meet half way if you want to view.
e-mail manhattonfive@hotmail.com "

Klaus
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From: "Jay and Adrienne Easton"
Subject: Re: [CB] Ab contrabassoon
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:27:25 -0800
>Also there is a bassoon
>manufacturer (I'm forgetting who now) who makes a contrabassoon to low Ab
>(there's a picture of the horn in an old (late eighties/early nineties)
>Double Reed Journal).
This may be a unique horn, belonging to Prof. Dr. Werner Schulze of Austria
(who, as a composer, has also written neat solos for Heckelphone, and Eb an
Bb contrabass sarrusophones.)
Wow... a BBBb tubax... Where do I sign up?
Jay Easton
www.jayeaston.com
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From: anteater
Subject: [CB] oboe d'amore for sale
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 17:44:01 Canada/Eastern
Not quite a contrabass instrument, but if anyone needs an oboe d'amore, I'm
selling one on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1515120359
It's a Gordet, and quite a good instrument. Email me at marv_sandeye@hotmail.com
if you have any questions.
Samuel Andreyev

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Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 00:32:28 +0100
From: Fred Bayer
Subject: Re: [CB] [CB Digest]

> I have further details about the "Two Tubax" project. It is
> apparently *two* tubaxes, Peter A. Schmid's tubax in Eb, and Thomas
> K.J. Mejer's forthcoming tubax in CC (on order, expected to arrive
> this summer).
>
> Apparently, Eppelsheim has already made one or two tubaxes in BBb, an
> octave below the bass sax. Now hunting for details... ;-)
Hi,
some weeks ago I finally got my Eb Tubax from Eppelsheim here
in Munich :-) In his shop he had "fragments" of both the
C and the low Bb Tubax and he told me something about them. Both
should be finished in some months (judging from their present state)
The C Tubax seems to be a unique instrument (by now) and the Bb Tubax
is the second one Mr. Eppelsheim built. (He said I should keep this
confidential, but since it is obviously common knowledege on this
list that they (will) exist, I feel free to give some details)
Both instruments are designed similar to the Eb Tubax, so they'll
be bent twice like the Eb and just be built to scale 1/3 (Bb) larger,
than the Eb Tubax, which means it will be about 150 cm high. Its
weight also should scale so it probably will be (4/3)^2*10kg ~= 18kg.
Just like the Eb Tubax, both will have the written range bb-f#3,
sounding subcontra Bb to f# for the C tubax and subcontra Ab to e for
the Bb Tubax. Thus the Bb Tubax will be the lowest woodwind currently
in manufacture. Don't forget that Eppelsheim equips his instruments
with an additional altissimo vent adding a range of at least another
fifth to te top.
"Unfortunately" the Tubax is such a big success that Mr. Eppelsheim
is very busy now and the waiting time for a new Tubax will be
AT LEAST one year...
In a few weeks I'll have my Tubax page finished including a lot
of photos and sound clips, stay tuned :-)
Ciao, Fred
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