"melting Hide Glue" ....was....whatever

[Robin Blankenship]

Great story. Lucky for him that he wasn't living in the MidEast and playing 
local music all the time, in which case he would have had to throw himself 
twice......on beats seven AND thirteen........

 I once was tasked with the honor of playing the bass drum with a famous 
military band in a parade of some several miles duration. I played 
afterbeats. And I never had to carry the bass drum again.

True story. NORAD Band, about 1974 or so.

Robin Blankenship

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 2:51 AM
Subject: Re: "melting Hide Glue" ....was....whatever


> Which reminds me of a story I heard about an orchestra and a french horn 
> player, who was having a terrible rehearsal...the director kept pointing 
> at him as the one dragging down the orchestra's tempo.   The french horn 
> player was distraught, nearly in tears by the end of the evening.   He 
> left the building and drove to the nearest subway station.   Parked his 
> car...wrote a short note to leave on his windshield...went down the stairs 
> to the station.   He was continually berating himself over his failure as 
> a musician...suddenly the announcement came of the approaching 
> train...wiping his eyes and with a cold glint in his eye he stepped 
> forward on the platform and threw himself behind the train...
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA  94044
>
>
> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: "Robin Blankenship" <tunerdude at comcast.net>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Received: 8/24/2006 9:24:01 PM
> Subject: Re: "melting Hide Glue" ....was....whatever
>
>
>>Gentlemen,
>>Let us not forget that you also need some French horn players to keep the
>>tempo steady....
>>Robin Blankenship, retired horn player
>
>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
>>To: <tune4u at earthlink.net>; "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>>Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:44 PM
>>Subject: Re: "melting Hide Glue" ....was....whatever
>
>
>>>> Hearing aids are for sissies!
>>>>
>>>> No offense, Joe, but REAL men carry two Sousaphones around with the
>>>> mouthpieces sharpened to fit in the ears.
>>>>
>>>> Alan Barnard
>>>
>>> Ooompah!
>>>
>>>
>>> Eh?
>>>
>>> Ron N
>>>
>