Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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
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>
> 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