OK, I resisted as long as I could... Dan already gave the punchline for "What do you call someone who hangs out with musicians?" Yes, a drummer...
But before we leave the oboe, "What is the better double reed instrument, the oboe or the bassoon?" The bassoon of course-it burns longer! Just some musings from the trumpet section- And everyone knows how WE are! 😊. Wayne, I'm going to take you up on your offer. A shout out to ALL musicians in the Elecraft family! '73 de Jim N2ZZ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dan Presley Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2021 6:56 PM To: Terry Schieler <[email protected]> Cc: K2 <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Off-topic: Musical composition Don’t get started on drummer jokes…or trombone or accordion or banjo . Seriously off topic! I will share my favorite at the risk of starting a thread…what’s the difference between an oboe and a Volkswagen? If you have to,really really have to…you can tune a Volkswagen 🤪 Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com [email protected] > On Jul 24, 2021, at 14:04, Terry Schieler <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dan's signature below is that of a musician. Always your phone number after > your name. Someone may need a bassist. > Back in my "professional" music days, someone would ask one of my band > members... "how many in your band?". Their response...."four musicians and a > drummer". Need I add which one was ME? > > Terry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Presley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2021 1:44 PM > To: Wayne Burdick > Cc: K2 > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Off-topic: Musical composition > > As a ‘semi retired’ professional jazz musician (bassist-upright) I > particularly appreciated the analogy. During this last field day I was > running my KX3 and explaining to my logging assistants about pitch > matching.The spot control does a good job,but sometimes I needed to tweak it > to get in the other guys’ passband. I can’t wait to use this on my > K4,whenever that might arrive! Maybe we should start an Elecraft band… last > year I was supposed to go to Spain and do some gigs and had planned to take > the KX2…maybe next summer. > > > Dan Presley 503-701-3871 > danpresley@me. com > [email protected] > > >> On Jul 24, 2021, at 10:56, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> When the latest Elecraft newsletter came out, a few people contacted me to >> ask if I'm a musician. (You'll have to read the newsletter to understand the >> question.) >> >> Short answer: Yes. If you'd like the long answer (and maybe a few sample >> compositions), feel free to contact me directly. >> >> 73, >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
