Re: [Finale] OT -- Sarrusophone (was Bass Trom)

2005-03-07 Thread Guy Hayden
All this talk about the cimbasso has made me bold to ask about another rare instrument. The swing band I play with (The Peninsula Retired Mens Club Band) has a 'band tie' on which is an image of a Sarrusophone. Often people ask about the instrument. After the initial questions about is there

RE: [Finale] OT -- Sarrusophone (was Bass Trom)

2005-03-07 Thread Williams, Jim
(I don't want to say 'oddities') such as the TUBAX... Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Guy Hayden Sent: Mon 07-Mar-05 10:15 To: finale@shsu.edu Cc: Subject: Re: [Finale] OT -- Sarrusophone (was Bass Trom

Re: [Finale] OT -- Sarrusophone (was Bass Trom)

2005-03-07 Thread John Howell
At 10:15 AM -0500 3/7/05, Guy Hayden wrote: All this talk about the cimbasso has made me bold to ask about another rare instrument. The swing band I play with (The Peninsula Retired Mens Club Band) has a 'band tie' on which is an image of a Sarrusophone. Often people ask about the instrument.

Re: [Finale] OT -- Sarrusophone (was Bass Trom)

2005-03-07 Thread Carl Dershem
John Howell wrote: No, there's an international lute society, and probably a lot more of them around than sarusaphones. Where's John Philip Sarusa when we need him!? Go to your room. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] OT -- Sarrusophone (was Bass Trom)

2005-03-07 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Reminds me of what Woody Allen used to say when his children misbehaved ...Go to my room. Dean On Mar 7, 2005, at 6:15 PM, Carl Dershem wrote: John Howell wrote: No, there's an international lute society, and probably a lot more of them around than sarusaphones. Where's John Philip Sarusa when

Re: [Finale] OT -- Sarrusophone (was Bass Trom)

2005-03-07 Thread RegoR
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 18:10:19 -0500, John Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sarrusophone Boehm did try to mess with the bassoon and create a more 'logical' group of fingerings for the instrument which we bassoonists never accepted because of the inherent weight of his monster. Already the