Posts made by barliman2001

@tjveloce NOW we know why some manufacturers of TSOs put white gloves in the cases...!

@Niner said in A little humour:

A wine merchant's regular taster died, so the director started looking for a new one to hire. A drunkard with a ragged, dirty look came in to apply for the position.
The director of the winery wondered how to send him away.
He gave him a glass to drink. The drunk tried it and said:
"It's a Muscat , three years old, grown on a north slope, matured in steel containers. Low grade, but acceptable.”
"That's correct", said the boss. Another glass....
"It's a cabernet, eight years old, a south-western slope, oak barrels, matured at 8 degrees. Requires three more years for finest results."
"Correct." A third glass was presented.
''It's a pinot blanc champagne, high grade and exclusive”, calmly said the drunk.
The director was astonished. He winked at his secretary, secretly suggesting something.
She left the room, and came back in with a glass of urine.
The alcoholic tried it.
"It's a blonde, 26 years old, three months pregnant - and if I don't get the job, I'll name the father."

Please remember that there are minors amongst the members...

@Tobylou8 said in A little humour:

A woman who is 3 months pregnant falls into a coma. 6 months later she awakes and asks the doctor about her baby.

Doctor: You had twins, a boy an a girl, and they are both fine. Luckily, your brother named them for you!

Woman: Oh no, not my brother, he's an idiot! What did he name the girl?

Doctor: Denise.

Woman: Well, that isn't so bad. What did he name the boy?

Doctor: Denephew!

Imagine it would have been quintuplets.. one Denise and four Denemanies...

@administrator If you want it, and have the money, go for it. Nothing as deplorable as a missed chance. As a German saying has it, "The opportune has long hair up in front to grab, but bald is from behind."

@ButchA said in Not really a "mouthpiece safari" but the need for a "saving grace" type of mouthpiece...:

Thanks, everyone!

One more question: Does anyone have experience with Denis Wick mouthpieces?

Indeed I have. For me, the rims are a bit soft and round, and some of the cups are deeper than other mouthpieces.

Michael Praetorius was a 16th century composer, one of the first to really incorporate brass music into the Church, and one of the most important not to take up old melodies, but provide new melodies for later composers and arrangers...

What you really should do first is get yourself the Stomvi Mouthpiece system. One rim, two stems, eight cups - that system can adjust to amost everything. And it is fairly inexpensive.

@Tobylou8 It was a very bad joke bordering on the unpalatable. Deleted with reason.

@Vulgano-Brother said in Oder Deutsch?:

Trinkt einen Münchener zu Weihnachten ein "Christmaß?"
No. But the waiters in the restaurants are delivering punches.

@phxazkyote Jean Baptiste seems to have been a brand name for some Chinese company. I once had one of their C trumpets - not bad, but untraceable.

@Dr-GO That one is on the brink... hovering over the abyss of being banned by a moderator...

@Niner That's like that page from a German newspaper that had three quarters of the page fille with an article about the horrors of Auschwitz, the rest being given over to an ad for a gas supplier that said, "We deliver the gas for tomorrow."

A father has intercepted Santa on the roof... "You won't take a tenner to forget my son wanted a saxophone? Twenty? Thirty? A hundred?"

An orchestra are touring Israel. One day, they are free and decide to go bathing on the Sea of Galilee. One downtrodden viola player wrestles with his Lord, saying: "Oh Lord, you know how poorly regarded I am. In your infinite power, let me do something remarkable and here, where you walked on water, let me do the same."
The Lord, in his infinite mercy, accedes to that request, and the viola player is walking on the water. As he nears the shore, he suddenly hears the leader of the orchestra, shouting, "Just look at him! He can't even swim!"

A guy to his friends: "My mother-in-law has now reached her ideal weight." -
"Really? And what is it?" -
"Seven pounds including the urn."

An elderly couple arrive together at the Pearly Gates. The husband confronts St. Peter, saying, "Hey man, they said, "until death do us part!""

What is a wife to do if the husband is running round the garden in zig-zags? -
Continue shooting.

@Bertie said in Christmas Services:

I did a chamber music program for the patients in a hospital here in Munich (some Gershwin, Brahms with piano, and Milhaud, Ewazen with my trio violin, trumpet, piano). Sunday will be a Messiah Open Sing in a church... and that's it for this year

You're in Munich??

@Kehaulani said in Christmas Services:

Oh, hah, hah.

Well, at any rate, I would still love to hear the Eastern liturgy. Heard it in Greece and in Russia. Very emotional.

However, the use of instrumental music in Eastern Orthodox liturgy is very, VERY unusual... almost unheard-of.