As a long-time brass player, mouthpieces with nylon rims or various
plastic mouthpieces have been around for a long, long time-- at least
since the late 50's.
And yes, it's entirely possible for the valves to freeze-- breath
moisture condenses inside that coil of brass and if it's cold enough,
it freezes the valves. Yes, even though we oil our valves; the oil is
very, very light.
Been there; done that. Didn't like it at all.
Danny, that new guitar is absolutely beautiful-- a work of art of the
highest order. And the sound... How nice!!!
Cheers,
Steve
__________________________________________________________________
From: Daniel Shoskes <kidneykut...@gmail.com>
To: Arthur Ness <arthurjn...@verizon.net>
Cc: Lute Net <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:46:03 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Inauguaral Music OT
It was lip synced!!!!!!
[1][1]http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/arts/music/23band.html?_r=1
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Arthur Ness
<[2][2]arthurjn...@verizon.net> wrote:
I didn't hear about Yo-Yo Ma playing a carbon fiber cello. But the
army, navy and marine bands also have string orchestras (as well as
a
chorus) and they were planning on playing on the such string
instruments because of the cold. Alas, I missed out. Just this
month
the music instrument lecture at the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts was on these string instruments.
They're
made here in Boston, I think. The MFA bought one. Yes, here it is
(item #13):
[3][3]http://www.mfa.org/tours/package.asp?key=814
You can have the picture sent to yourself.
The picture is under the red MFA label. These instruments are made
of
carbon fiber by the firm of Luis (sic) and Clark in Milton,
Massachusetts.
The brass players were using plastic mouthpieces to prevent
freezing
their lips. And they had also rehearsed some piece that the
brasses
could play if their valves or slide froze up!! Honest! that's what
I
heard on the news.
=====AJN (Boston, Mass.)=====
My Web Page: Scores
[4][4]http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/arthurjnesslutescores/
Other Matters:
[5][5]http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/
[6][6]http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/musexx/
===================================
----- Original Message -----
From: "David van Ooijen" <[7][7]davidvanooi...@gmail.com>
To: "Lute Net" <[8][8]l...@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:41 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Inauguaral Music OT
|I didn't see a thing, nor heard anything, but read the news paper.
It
| said Yo-yo Ma would play a graphite/composite/carbon/??? cello if
the
| weather would be Stradivarius-unfriendly. Anybody know anything
about
| this instrument? I have to play outside somtimes, and Dutch weather
| can be as lute-unfriendly as it gets. Not to mention my Japanese
| outside gigs where I steamed open an 8-course ... |-(
|
| David
| --
| *******************************
| David van Ooijen
| [9][9]davidvanooi...@gmail.com
| [10][10]www.davidvanooijen.nl
| *******************************
|
|
|
| To get on or off this list see list information at
| [11][11]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
--
References
1. [12]http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/arts/music/23band.html?_r=1
2. mailto:[13]arthurjn...@verizon.net
3. [14]http://www.mfa.org/tours/package.asp?key=814
4. [15]http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/arthurjnesslutescores/
5. [16]http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/
6. [17]http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/musexx/
7. mailto:[18]davidvanooi...@gmail.com
8. mailto:[19]l...@cs.dartmouth.edu
9. mailto:[20]davidvanooi...@gmail.com
10. [21]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/
11. [22]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
--
References
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/arts/music/23band.html?_r=1
2. mailto:arthurjn...@verizon.net
3. http://www.mfa.org/tours/package.asp?key=814
4. http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/arthurjnesslutescores/
5. http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/
6. http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/musexx/
7. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com
8. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
9. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com
10. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/
11. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html
12. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/arts/music/23band.html?_r=1
13. mailto:arthurjn...@verizon.net
14. http://www.mfa.org/tours/package.asp?key=814
15. http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/arthurjnesslutescores/
16. http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/
17. http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/musexx/
18. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com
19. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
20. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com
21. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/
22. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html
