That particular piano gives new meaning to the "black keys."
I guess you can't use rolled up paper in the contra for the low A like you can
with a normal bassoon since the contra bells usually point down, correct?
Steve Troy
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From: "Peter Klein" <boulanger.croissant@xxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2018 1:30:53 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: What I did last week
Right you are, Bill. Oscar's Imperial Bosendorfer 290 goes way down to
C0, a full sixth below the A0, lowest note of the standard piano. The
regular contrabassoon plays down to Bb0, and can go down to A0 with a
special extended bell joint, mostly used for Wagner and Mahler pieces.
I can imagine that playing low octaves on the Bosendorfer with bottom
notes that low must give the player delusions of grandeur!
--Peter
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