Re: [ARSCLIST] LP storage &c.

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No, I think he meant they have to GET stinking....especially if they're in
Raymond Scott's Quintette and they have to play Huckleberry Duck one more time.

dl

Steven Smolian wrote:

> Do tumpet players have to smell a particular way to pass an orchestral
> audition?  Is the decision subjective or is there a meter for this?
>
> Steve Smolian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Conrad" <bob618@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] LP storage &c.
>
> > Stinking trumpet players?
> >
> > phillip holmes wrote:
> >
> >> And (sorry to get off topic):
> >> But while such plugs are catching on among rock musicians (some of whom
> >> know not to perform without their plugs), they will never be necessary
> >> among viol consorts or clavichordists. Not all old instruments are safe
> >> to the ears, of course: bagpipes are as loud as freight trains, and a
> >> large double French harpsichord played in a small, live room has enough
> >> intensity in the upper partials to cause tinnitus if you practice day in
> >> and day out. Organs can do the same. Still, in general, early music
> >> players and listeners have little to fear from their focus on music and
> >> instruments from the quieter past.
> >> http://www.bsherman.org/hearingloss.htm
> >>
> >> Now, the worst has to be "rockers".  But, I know many jazz trombone
> >> players who have pretty bad hearing because of the stinking trumpet
> >> players (the traditional setup is trumpets on top row standing, trombones
> >> on next row, standing and the saxes seated).  A good friend who played in
> >> the "one o'clock lab band" at the University of North Texas has tinnitus.
> >> Phillip
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lani Spahr" <lani_spahr@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >>>> that most players have hearing damage.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I'd like to see the data, actually. It's louder to the listener than
> >>> the player. The sound comes out the chanter and shoots straight out,
> >>> not up to the player. But you're right, it'll take the paint off the
> >>> wall at 200 yards. They didn't call the Highland regiments "The Ladies
> >>> from Hell" for nothing. :-)
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Lani Spahr (Mr)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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