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WW2
User ID: 8973393 Mar 28th 12:11 PM
Hi All;

I have decided to allow forum members to submit pictures for use above the banner of this forum. This can be pictures of C-Melody saxophones or saxophonists. I will also allow pictorial advertising since this is above the service provider’s advertising banner. Email you pictures to wwalkerjr@verizon.net with the subject "C-Mel Picture Submission".

I will edit the pictures so that they are no more than 640 pixels wide by 240 pixels high.

Thanks for you participation in the wonderful forum! You make this a great forum and I am glad to be a small part of it.

Wade

Captain Beeflat
User ID: 1738604 Mar 28th 1:22 PM
Nice idea Wade. To date we know the appearance only of Alan and yourself.
I was tempted to send a photograph of Sonny Rollins, but honesty prevailed and I have sent a photograph of me playing my silver with gold keywork (and rosegold bellwash {gosh}) Buescher C Mel.
I bought this horn in 1992 not really knowing what it was.
Do hope that the photograph of your truly does not frighten the horses. You will note that I have blown the hair off the bass player. :-))

ukebert
User ID: 7921973 Mar 28th 2:45 PM
May I suggest that Steve submits an advertising banner? Probably the best place to advertise the new Cmel.

WW2
User ID: 8973393 Mar 28th 8:06 PM
Caption Beeflat, your picture is now on top!

WW2
User ID: 8973393 Mar 28th 8:11 PM
Make that "Captain Beeflat"

8-}

Captain Beeflat
User ID: 1738604 Mar 29th 4:47 AM
Wade. What fun...many thanks. If we all, in turn submit a photograph to be displayed for a day or two we could lose our anononynimity (I love that contrived word). Is is always good to be able to put a face to the voice/posting.
Ukebert.
Great idea to promote Steve's venture here. Only snag being that we on this site all know about it. May I suggest that when displayed, we post on the appropriate section of SOTW to direct their viewers to this site...I am guessing that SOTW would have a larger audience...but they all play saxophone...ideal, captive market.
Steve.
When will we see the fully engraved "Artist" low A model with high F#? Late July? :-))

alan (uk)
User ID: 8200143 Mar 29th 5:29 AM
Wade - you could at least spell 'Captain' and 'Buescher' correctly....

Nice picture tho', Bb - from the sixties ?

Captain Beeflat
User ID: 1738604 Mar 29th 5:37 AM
Last year actually. The fretless Ibanez bass gives the game away. :-))
Historic periods are rather like cars and saxophones...if a particular model suit you, then stick with it.

alan (uk)
User ID: 8200143 Mar 29th 6:09 AM
Bb - I was joking (which, indeed, you knew...), similarly, my look is probably a hangover from the 'duffle-coated dixie days'.

Now minus the (then) obligatory Disque Bleu or Sobranie Black Russian cigarette, of course - pipes being only for duffle-coated academics, not jazzers..

Captain Beeflat
User ID: 1738604 Mar 29th 6:27 AM
Indeed. It is still possible to recognise the style of music from the appearance of the band. Even the individual instrumentalist, before they even pick up their instrument; the saxophonist is the one with the hat and cigarette, the bass player can be recognised by his somewhat vacant expression, the drummer is the hyperactive chap, and the flash b****r chatting up the women is invariably the singer.
What is it about vocalists? They do not play an instrument (a tamborine or a few strums on a guitar do not qualify) yet they think that they run the show. :-(

ESB
User ID: 1704034 Mar 29th 6:47 AM
I'll have to send a shot of me playing with my blues band once we have another gig...buggers keep cancelling gigs because the bassist is to damned lazy to feel like rehearsing. I have to respect them, though; they've been putting up with me learning the intonation guffaws of the old Martin I picked up a few weeks ago. I got my hands on a metal aquilasax MP through craigs list the other day and really like it thus far too...only qualm is that the cork on the horn is thick for a tenor, not a c. Currently the mp is firmly stuck on the neck with little hope of ever going further in.

Captain Beeflat
User ID: 1738604 Mar 29th 7:54 AM
ESB.
Why not sandpaper the cork to the point where your mouthpiece is in tune. If you use another mouthpiece with a larger bore it is easy to wrap a length of plumbers PTFE tape around the cork.
One word in your posting that I do not understand...rehearsing; what is that? :-))

ESB
User ID: 8785553 Mar 29th 9:48 AM
Good point. Practice is a dirty, dirty word.

The sandpaper thing is working....just hard to tell when I am in tune or not due to the weird face I have to use on the c. Still not used to it, but I love the aquila mpc.

alan (uk)
User ID: 8200143 Mar 29th 10:20 AM
ESB - wierd face ? You need to be in tune with the outside world using a reasonably 'neutral' embouchure, especially on a C-mel, so that -

a) You don't strain anything, or get face-ache
b) - plus you then still have some muscle movement left for occasionally required 'lipping'
c) - and, most importantly, you don't scare children, or pregnant ladies.....

If you have to become a contortionist to play a C-mel, you're doing it wrong.

jazzbug1
User ID: 1836024 Mar 29th 11:22 AM
My photo has been in the FBI files since 1930, when I was arrested with John Dillenger in "The Great C Melody Heist in Elkhart, Indiana." I still have a few of those horns, but most were sold to the British Army for use as motars during WWII.

Captain Beeflat
User ID: 1738604 Mar 29th 12:45 PM
Sad news old chum but the truth is that they were used as urinals in the Officers' Mess. Apparently low C, with the springing reversed, served as a drain. Sorry to have to tell you after all these years.

ukebert
User ID: 7921973 Mar 29th 1:24 PM
Rehearsal is when you play the difficult number to your selves before everyone arrives. Only amateurs rehearse.

Captain Beeflat
User ID: 1738604 Mar 29th 1:39 PM
That's the beauty of the Blues. You know when to come in and when to stop. (provided that you can count to 12) you also know the key. The rest is up to you...you can chug along with just the changes...or fly. The Blues is (are?) a blank canvas.
Ukebert.
You rehearse BEFORE everyone arrives? You can save time by waiting until you are on the stand playing the first set. :-))

ukebert
User ID: 7921973 Mar 29th 2:07 PM
I'm an amateur ;-))

WW2
User ID: 8973393 Mar 30th 11:16 AM
Some day I will learn to proof-read!

Hope the corrected caption is okay!

Sorry about the typos Captain Beeflat (and Alan(uk)

Next 20 Messages

WW2 User ID: 8973393	Mar 28th 12:11 PM Hi All; I have decided to allow forum members to submit pictures for use above the banner of this forum. This can be pictures of C-Melody saxophones or saxophonists. I will also allow pictorial advertising since this is above the service provider’s advertising banner. Email you pictures to wwalkerjr@verizon.net with the subject "C-Mel Picture Submission". I will edit the pictures so that they are no more than 640 pixels wide by 240 pixels high. Thanks for you participation in the wonderful forum! You make this a great forum and I am glad to be a small part of it. Wade
Captain Beeflat User ID: 1738604	Mar 28th 1:22 PM Nice idea Wade. To date we know the appearance only of Alan and yourself. I was tempted to send a photograph of Sonny Rollins, but honesty prevailed and I have sent a photograph of me playing my silver with gold keywork (and rosegold bellwash {gosh}) Buescher C Mel. I bought this horn in 1992 not really knowing what it was. Do hope that the photograph of your truly does not frighten the horses. You will note that I have blown the hair off the bass player. :-))
ukebert User ID: 7921973	Mar 28th 2:45 PM May I suggest that Steve submits an advertising banner? Probably the best place to advertise the new Cmel.
WW2 User ID: 8973393	Mar 28th 8:06 PM Caption Beeflat, your picture is now on top!
WW2 User ID: 8973393	Mar 28th 8:11 PM Make that "Captain Beeflat" 8-}
Captain Beeflat User ID: 1738604	Mar 29th 4:47 AM Wade. What fun...many thanks. If we all, in turn submit a photograph to be displayed for a day or two we could lose our anononynimity (I love that contrived word). Is is always good to be able to put a face to the voice/posting. Ukebert. Great idea to promote Steve's venture here. Only snag being that we on this site all know about it. May I suggest that when displayed, we post on the appropriate section of SOTW to direct their viewers to this site...I am guessing that SOTW would have a larger audience...but they all play saxophone...ideal, captive market. Steve. When will we see the fully engraved "Artist" low A model with high F#? Late July? :-))
alan (uk) User ID: 8200143	Mar 29th 5:29 AM Wade - you could at least spell 'Captain' and 'Buescher' correctly.... Nice picture tho', Bb - from the sixties ?
Captain Beeflat User ID: 1738604	Mar 29th 5:37 AM Last year actually. The fretless Ibanez bass gives the game away. :-)) Historic periods are rather like cars and saxophones...if a particular model suit you, then stick with it.
alan (uk) User ID: 8200143	Mar 29th 6:09 AM Bb - I was joking (which, indeed, you knew...), similarly, my look is probably a hangover from the 'duffle-coated dixie days'. Now minus the (then) obligatory Disque Bleu or Sobranie Black Russian cigarette, of course - pipes being only for duffle-coated academics, not jazzers..
Captain Beeflat User ID: 1738604	Mar 29th 6:27 AM Indeed. It is still possible to recognise the style of music from the appearance of the band. Even the individual instrumentalist, before they even pick up their instrument; the saxophonist is the one with the hat and cigarette, the bass player can be recognised by his somewhat vacant expression, the drummer is the hyperactive chap, and the flash b****r chatting up the women is invariably the singer. What is it about vocalists? They do not play an instrument (a tamborine or a few strums on a guitar do not qualify) yet they think that they run the show. :-(
ESB User ID: 1704034	Mar 29th 6:47 AM I'll have to send a shot of me playing with my blues band once we have another gig...buggers keep cancelling gigs because the bassist is to damned lazy to feel like rehearsing. I have to respect them, though; they've been putting up with me learning the intonation guffaws of the old Martin I picked up a few weeks ago. I got my hands on a metal aquilasax MP through craigs list the other day and really like it thus far too...only qualm is that the cork on the horn is thick for a tenor, not a c. Currently the mp is firmly stuck on the neck with little hope of ever going further in.
Captain Beeflat User ID: 1738604	Mar 29th 7:54 AM ESB. Why not sandpaper the cork to the point where your mouthpiece is in tune. If you use another mouthpiece with a larger bore it is easy to wrap a length of plumbers PTFE tape around the cork. One word in your posting that I do not understand...rehearsing; what is that? :-))
ESB User ID: 8785553	Mar 29th 9:48 AM Good point. Practice is a dirty, dirty word. The sandpaper thing is working....just hard to tell when I am in tune or not due to the weird face I have to use on the c. Still not used to it, but I love the aquila mpc.
alan (uk) User ID: 8200143	Mar 29th 10:20 AM ESB - wierd face ? You need to be in tune with the outside world using a reasonably 'neutral' embouchure, especially on a C-mel, so that - a) You don't strain anything, or get face-ache b) - plus you then still have some muscle movement left for occasionally required 'lipping' c) - and, most importantly, you don't scare children, or pregnant ladies..... If you have to become a contortionist to play a C-mel, you're doing it wrong.
jazzbug1 User ID: 1836024	Mar 29th 11:22 AM My photo has been in the FBI files since 1930, when I was arrested with John Dillenger in "The Great C Melody Heist in Elkhart, Indiana." I still have a few of those horns, but most were sold to the British Army for use as motars during WWII.
Captain Beeflat User ID: 1738604	Mar 29th 12:45 PM Sad news old chum but the truth is that they were used as urinals in the Officers' Mess. Apparently low C, with the springing reversed, served as a drain. Sorry to have to tell you after all these years.
ukebert User ID: 7921973	Mar 29th 1:24 PM Rehearsal is when you play the difficult number to your selves before everyone arrives. Only amateurs rehearse.
Captain Beeflat User ID: 1738604	Mar 29th 1:39 PM That's the beauty of the Blues. You know when to come in and when to stop. (provided that you can count to 12) you also know the key. The rest is up to you...you can chug along with just the changes...or fly. The Blues is (are?) a blank canvas. Ukebert. You rehearse BEFORE everyone arrives? You can save time by waiting until you are on the stand playing the first set. :-))
ukebert User ID: 7921973	Mar 29th 2:07 PM I'm an amateur ;-))
WW2 User ID: 8973393	Mar 30th 11:16 AM Some day I will learn to proof-read! Hope the corrected caption is okay! Sorry about the typos Captain Beeflat (and Alan(uk)