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Contrabass-list Tue, 4 Nov 1997 Volume 1 : Number 26
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Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 00:33:46 GMT
From:
ddorff@presser.com (Daniel Dorff)
Subject: Re:
contrabass-list V1 #25
On Mon, 3 Nov 1997 15:55:05 +0000, you wrote:
>>Actually there are a few other amplified contra-bassoonissts:
>>John Steinmetz in California (jazz solo guy)
Does anyone have John's e-mail or s-mail address? I'd like to tell him about my "In A Deep Funk" for solo cbn.
Thanks,
____________________________
Daniel
Dorff
DDorff@presser.com
Composer-in-residence,
Haddonfield Symphony
http://www.presser.com/dorff.html
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 22:53:35 -0500
From:
ROBERT HOWE <arehow@vgernet.net>
Subject: Re:
contrabass-list V1 #24
I have an ORSI catalog from 1993, they custom made me a leadpipe to my antique Orsi contrabasse ad anchia in 1994, I have a soprano Sarrusophone of theirs from 1993ish. I am told that in 1996 they farmed all of their student stuff to the Chinese/Taiwanese makers and now do only wierd, one of a kind stuff, like Sarrusophones to order.
I am not impressed by the quality of their recent work.
Robert Howe
Contrabass-L wrote:
..... Since LA Sax is conecting with Orsi on making straight sopranino, bass and
> contrabass saxes, does that mean Orsi is still around making other
> instruments like sarrusophones?
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 23:08:58 -0500
From: ROBERT HOWE <arehow@vgernet.net>
Subject:
Re: contrabass-list V1 #25
Contrabass-L wrote:
> I had an early Orsi instrument that I thought was pretty crappy, in
> terms of construction and playability. The best thing about it was the
> engraving on the bell. Has the quality improved any, or are we just
> going to have some strange large instruments with little regard for
> craftsmanship?> steven
> Yes, Orse still makes sarrusophones. A friend of mine, Bill Fetcher, of
> Steamboat Steams, CO, worked on a new Orsi soprano sarrusophone within
> the last few years. As I recall, Bill was not very impressed with the
> quality of the instrument....... If I remember
> right, Robert has (or had) a soprano sarrusophone made recently by ORSI.
THe last two of these--I think--discuss the same instrument, a sop sarrus I bought from a fellow in Vermont. THe horn is gorgeous but the bocal is too damn short, so the upper hand is in C and the lower in Bb. WIth a modified English horn bocal it plays pretty well at A440 as a Bb instrument. It is possible that the previous owner messed up or lost the bocal and substituted one meant for oboe d'amore, as the "sarrusophone" bocal plays nicely on both my d'amores.
RObert Howe
End of contrabass-list V1 #26