Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, one's musical history can very well alter your physical
characteristics.? While my lower lip is no longer thick in the middle
from a saxophone reed, my right thumb is still larger than my left, from
supporting the weight of altos and baritones during my late teens.? I
never put in enough time with oboe and bassoon to really adjust to the
double reeds.? And I never got? a sound from a flute.................... :-)
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 12/12/2017 9:22 PM, Peter Klein 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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