Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/21

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Low F
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:07:51 -0500
References: <aaa3aac13d49ec28995158a96d7152e5.squirrel@mail.threshinc.com>

Thanks, Peter.  Sounds like an interesting arrangement if you don't jump up 
at some point.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 1:39 PM
Subject: [Leica] IMG: Low F


> Thanks, Nathan, but the photo was taken by a flutist friend who wasn't
> playing in the Brandenburg.
>
> Jim, I use a seat strap. It's basically a belt that you sit on. It has a
> hook on the end which attaches to the bottom of the bassoon.  It means
> that I don't need a right-hand crutch to steady the instrument, which
> frees the right hand a bit. The disadvantage is that you can't play
> standing up.
>
> I also use a "side strap" which you can see, it's black strap that goes
> around the back support on the back of the chair, and hooks to the ring at
> the top of the boot, where you would have fastened your neck strap.  The
> side strap gives a second point of support and takes the weight of the
> instrument off my left hand.
>
> As an aviation guy, I'm sure you can relate to having to "strap in" before
> taking off, so to speak  :-)
>
> --Peter
>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> I can relate to your instrument, as well as the oboes in the next row, 
>> but
>> haven't played either in more than sixty years.  But I have a question. 
>> I
>> always used a neck strap with a bassoon.  How are you holding it without
> the
>> strap support?
>>
>> I like the response from the French horn player!
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Peter Klein" <pklein at threshinc.com>
>> To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 2:23 AM
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Low F
>>
>>
>> > What I was doing last night instead of reading the LUG.
>> > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/Brandenburg1Crop3Big.JPG.html>
>> >
>> > Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #1.  That's me playing the "bellowing
>> > bedpost."  I'm not playing this piece in the concert, but I had to sub 
>> > in
>> > rehearsal at short notice.  So I was basically sight reading.  Bach is
>> > worth playing through the fear.
>> >
>> > LUG on-topic content:  Senorita and Shulman influence. Photo by my 
>> > friend
>> > Svetlana.
>> >
>> > --Peter
>
>
>
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