@pss From what I can gather, Gaudet is the new name for those Courtois workers who did not appreciate the Buffet Crampon takeover and who started a new company under the name of the Courtois ex-CEO... and it seems they took quite a bit of parts and machinery with them (Courtois-branded instruments are now being made by B&S in Markneukirchen on their existing B&S machinery).
@fels I've been using a Stork Vacchiano 3 for my Selmer high-G picc, but recently I've fallen in love with Ivan Hunter's Jaegerbrass 3M for the purpose. And as a constant go-to I've got the Stomvi Mouthpiece System (one rim, two stems, eight different cups, and you can get a separate extra-lightweight picc stem - either trp or cornet - as well as any number of additional rims and cups...)
@Dr-Mark In our Big Band (or rather dance orchestra) we are carrying TWO two-inch folders... And one for the current setlist... but then, we play up to thirty five-piece sets in one gig, and need to be prepared for the audience to ask for specific pieces... and many halls can't provide enough sockets or wiring for 29 ipads... batteries don't last long enough for, say, Austrian weddings which can last up to twenty-four hours!
No miracles or vise grips involved - just a talent and a good training as a countertenor needed. Check out Edson Codreiro:
@BigDub I met that guy when he came home from the African safari - we met at an airport whie we were waiting for our connections. He told me that apart from seeing that elephant,he had a close encounter with a lion that entered his tent. He took off at speed, not wanting to be a lion's breakfast. And so they ran - the guy in front, the lion behind. Until the guy could not run any more. He just stood there and faced the lion, "and suddenly, the lion slipped and fell down". - "And you just stood there? Wow! I would have sh*it my pants." - "Well, what do you think the lion slipped on?"
How do you get a rhino into a freezer?
Open door, yes-
NO.
Giraffe out, rhino in, close door.
@BigDub In the same spirit:
How do you get a giraffe into a freezer?
Open door, giraffe goes in, close door.
On a serious basis: Fighting is another way of expressing interest, even sometimes of feeling within a family. For me at least, the lack of impassioned discussion with all its proliferations means that so far, there is no feeling "I'm at home here". It's like being in the entrance hall of a posh hotel - not even a rock star would seriously misbehave there. The damage is done in the privacy of the room...
An old Austrian farmer - the kind who's still wearing leather trousers every day - gets a talking to by his wife. "You really should start wearing underpants at your age," she says. "It's much warmer and cleaner. I bought you a pair for your first trial." - "Ok" he says and puts them on before setting out for the fields. At midday, he feels the need for some relief and retires behind a hedge, lowering his leathers but forgetting the new underpants. After finishing what he came to do, he grudgingly concedes that his wife was right. "It's much warmer," he says to himself, and, looking behind him,"it's much cleaner, too!"
A guy has massive problems with bed-wetting at night. He's been through several courses of medication - no solution. Finally, he's sent to a psychotherapist. A few days later, he meets an old friend who is surprised to find his bed-wetting friend not despondent, but radiant. "Why are you looking so happy?" he asks. "It's because of that psychotherapist." the other one explains. - "It really worked?" - "No, but now I'm enjoying it!"
Eminent psychiatrist passes away unexpectedly and goes to heaven. He is mildly surprised at the Pearly Gates to be met by a confused St. Peter who rushes him in and exclaims, "Sorry for rushing you up a bit early... but we've got a very bad case of megalomania on our hands... The Good Lord is always waving His arms around and is thinking he is Karajan!"
Definition of Alzheimer's Alcoholism:
You drink a lot and then forget to pay for it.
"Doctor, my hands are always shaking so badly..." -
"That comes from too much drink!" -
"Can't be that, Doc, I'm spilling most of it..."
Bass player at the psychologist:
"Doc, no one pays any attention to me..."
Doc: "Next, please!"
@Bay-Area-Brass The largest school of music in Vienna - in spite of the old-established District Schools of Music and the Vienna City School of Music - is the Yamaha School of Music with currenty more than 900 students... World-wide, the Yamaha Schools of Music boast of more than 600,000 students... No other music company has that kind of universal approach.
@chelpres The "ue" in German is somewhere between a U "oo" and an i "ee". Reminding yourself of a Scottish accent, you might phonetically write it "ui" as in Scottish "puir" for "poor".
@Bay-Area-Brass Yamahas don't dominate the American market (yet); but in other countries, they are bloody ubiquitous and have swamped the student market at least. And that is where market domination begins. Someone who started on a good student trumpet will stick to the brand if he was in any way successful on it. Now where is the American student trumpet that can hold up against a Yamaha? I know of none.