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Mine wanted me to, I wouldve if I couldve, but in the end this hardass, funeral-a-day-(& sometimes 2) piper simply wasnt able to keep it together to play her requested tunes. So rather than make an...

thx for clarification. I sometimes asumme far too much. ...& we ought all, (as a linguistic group) be grateful that six Sikh Shehnaists arent fond of silently sipping soup by the seashore.
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yes- the Indian Oboe!

one of those 4-bladed double reed jobbies
(guess it would be quadrabladed jobbie, to be precise ? http://forums.chiffandfipple.com/images/smilies/icon_confused_144.gif )
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seriously man...if your not drying out your coffee grounds & re using them..THEN YOUR NOT A *REAL* MUSICIAN lol. j/k. Although...8-)... if there just happens to be a plate of oysters rockerfeller at...

Jacques, what interests me is the current level of government involvement for the average European musician today. Do top tier ensembles still receive majority funding from Gov't? What about B list...

im married w 2 kids, pushing 50, wife works in a university music library, have worked full time in music (arts AND entertainment) since 1992. and as "aprentice" well before that. used to focus on...

Any living pipemaker using calling their products "Taylor, Coyne, Hutcheon, MacDougall, Glens, for ex.."
would be publicly tarred & feathered.
Even if using the same bore design it's sold as a...

Likely, the 'disconnect' in mention; is that his new orch is (presumably) paying him more than his previous one. So as far as i can tell, letting out some bile at this point in the proceedings is all...

agree on all points,.. but to elaborate further on this one:


at $0.99 gross, $0.68 (+/-) net per download, or x-times that on disc sales, it still pays more to do a live gig. True, there are...

By quoting lyrics, catch phrases, references to, and witty repartee from, the Tony-Award winning Musical, CABARET, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret_(musical), of course :)

hmm yessss. :)
Personally Id play those notes sforzando; until someone notices and/or complains. [ Sotsdo: "But it's in the part" ].
Does it suck worse than The Red Mill ??

How curiously similar to the Catalan Tenora Shawm. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/7602007234/

I'd *heard* of the 'saxoboe', but never seen a picture of one.
$10k Question is: *WHICH*...

Brigadoon. I'd much rather be in the pit in a pair of pants than onstage in that goshdarned kilt getup.

heh. for sure! mine perhaps?



http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6033/6283091382_e3cdaac4bf.jpg
lovely arent they
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6045/6283090794_eed718cd6b.jpg
tenor tops, bass mid...

guys, c'mon... these are UGLY HORNS :mrgreen:

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...& just to show eastern European pipes dont have the ugly market cornered:
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Yep. Do not adjust your screen:...

Do tell more! Are you sitting right in front of the conductor? what kinda oboe ya got? :TrebleClef::Space2: laaaaaa.....:mrgreen:

Clarinbass, NO WAY..because THIS is Lizzie : :)
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she is a 10 yo colliechow, recovering from dual torn rear leg acl ligaments. In her day she could jump 5 feet vertically from a sit, and run...

yes, and exhibiting considerable taste, wisdom & foresight; the French turned it into a set of bagpipe drones :rolleyes:

*true* reedmaking frustration occurs only at the final levels of uilleann pipe chanter reed production. believe me.
Regarding above posts about pipes,
As you know, the modern oboe owes its bore...

ok cant recall if i'd posted already; or if its in the mod. queue; or whatever:
SO, sorry for the narcissism. here goes.
2013 musical resolutions of CHasR:

1.) get that EP in the can.
2.) get...

This oughta interest all you sax peeps :mrgreen:

Not today, but on Jan 1st is the Mummers parade-Philly;s folk-new years street party.
Think "Italian mardi-gras" meets DCI meets Broadway & youre...

Cognac's musical, right?? 8-)
Additionally, I got was a few good seasonal bookings this year, with a very strong chance of repeating for 2013.
I'll take 'em! :)

http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab78/Glenurquhart/Earlypipesmikado3_zps1547fe31.jpg?t=1355657729
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funny you mention that...embalming's become rather a speciality, & good embalmers, always in demand, are indeed the gypsies of the trade. (Hauling a bass sax around is excellent preparation btw)...

Oh, well done! fascinating stuff, everyone! Keep 'em comin :)
..wait....Don Rickles is still alive..?? surely you jest...

back to the mundane for me this week (zzzzzzzzzzz....), funerals,...