[TPIN] Another bag for the Gershwin Piano Concerto

[Ellis Workman]

... and real men haven't worn hats since then.

-Ellis

> 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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Ellis Workman, ARS KØELW
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Rochester, MN US