[TPIN] Another bag for the Gershwin Piano Concerto

[Clyde E. Hunt]

In the 50' - 60's we used a felt man's dress hat with the brim pulled 
down and a 5" slot cut into the top for the bell, which was inserted 
from the outside, in.


Clyde Hunt

Rick Hunnel wrote:

>So, Gershwin called for a Crown Royal bag as a mute on the score? 
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: James Olcott <olcottj at muohio.edu>
>To: tpin <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
>Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 6:36:29 PM
>Subject: [TPIN] Another bag for the Gershwin Piano Concerto
>
>
>Yo, all,
>
>I had the opportunity to play the Gershwin Piano Concerto in F this  
>last weekend. Lots of fun and an interesting experience:
>
>Crown Royal bag in hand for the two rehearsals prior to the dress,  
>things worked fine for that infamous solo in the second movement.  
>Comes the dress rehearsal and performance, the first at 3 p.m. and  
>the other at 8:15, and I had left the bag at home with no chance to  
>travel back between the two services.  (sigh).
>
>An extra such bag, of course, was not to be found. With panic close  
>at hand, my third trumpeter happened to have with him his TrumCor  
>mute and the bag in which it was packed. Any port in a storm, as they  
>say.
>
>The point of this missive: the TrumCor bag worked quite beautifully  
>in place of the Crown Royal, with easy, dark warmth, a very smooth   
>sound and, somehow, an easier and more solid lower register (thank  
>goodness :-] ). It was, in fact, a real improvement over the Crown  
>Royal bag. The TrumCor is a tiny bit thicker, maybe allowing me to  
>feel more comfortable with the solo as I could play with a louder  
>dynamic and still deal with the solo's sultriness. I dunno. Anyhow,  
>it was a really neat experience.
>
>So, just a note to let you know that you're not dead if you don't  
>have a Crown Royal bag (although the famous purple color does outdo  
>the black of the TrumCor bag). TrumCor unwittingly has done us a  
>great service. (Now, if they'd bottle something inside the mute, the  
>product would be a triple threat....)
>
>JO
>
>James Olcott
>Professor of Trumpet
>Miami University
>Oxford, OH 45056 USA
>
>Prop., Triplo Press
>Member Bd. of Directors, ITG
>ITG Past President
>
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