Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/12/12
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ric
> On Dec 12, 2017, at 10:22 PM, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at
> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Ric and Jim. The chairs were very nice at University House. They
> are the same chairs that the residents use. Most bassoonists in the U.S.
> use a seat strap, basically a belt that you sit on, with a hook on the end
> to attach to the bottom of the instrument. I always bring a thick pillow
> with me because of my long legs (I'm 6'3") Many chairs are too low for me
> and the seat strap could slip out from under me. I also use a second "side
> strap" which I loop around the backrest supports. It takes the weight of
> the instrument off my left hand. That requires a chair that doesn't have
> a solid back with nothing to attach to. If I know beforehand that the
> local chairs won't work, I will bring my own. Oddly, the chair I play
> on at home is a 1940s or 50s relic--a brushed-aluminum chair with a
> leather backrest and seat pad. Bought surplus from some government sale.
>
> As I tell my friends, playing the bassoon is an engineering problem. :-)
>
> --Peter
>
> > Very enjoyable, Peter.? And, musicians'? chairs look much more
> > comfortable than those I recall from the late 1940s.
> >
> > Jim Nichols
> > Tullahoma, TN USA
> > ----
> >
> > i did enjoy!
> >
> > wonderful sound
> >
> > ric
> >
> >
> >
> > On 12/12/2017 6:24 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
> > > "What I do when I'm not photographing."? Here's a video snippet of a
> > > concert I played in last night (12/11/17) at the University House
> > > retirement home in Seattle. We're playing the second movement ("Alla
> > > Breve") from J.S. Bach's Trio Sonata in C, BWV 1037.
> > >
> > > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at
> > > N04/25147203628/in/dateposted-public/>
> > >
> > >
> > > My bassoon is German just like my Leica.? Enjoy!
> > > --Peter
>
>
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