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| ClaudeW... |
 Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:41 am |
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Does anyone have any experience with playing on a train? I have a
request to play on an historic train. In this case, that means each
railroad car runs on two rough running freight car trucks (each truck
holds 4 wheels). The track has jointed rail which means that there is
a mechanical shock that travels through the wheels and trucks into the
car as each wheel encounters a joint. This happens 8 times for each 33
feet the railroad car travels.
Will all these mechanical shocks bother the players too much to play!
I have a trombone, a trumpet, an alto & clarinet, a tenor & clarinet,
3 rhythm and a singer. I am concerned the shocks may cause the brass
players' lips to lose contact with the mouthpieces. I am concerned the
shocks may actually be injurious to reed player's teeth setting on
their hard plastic mouthpieces.
Anyone have any experience with this? It is sort of an odd thing. If
this were a modern passenger car on welded rail, I wouldn't even have
to ask this question. They ride as smooth as glass.
Thanks,
Claude |
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| ThreeQuarterTimer... |
| Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:20 am |
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Yes, I have played on a train before, Claude. There IS a solution.
Ask the conductor to put the rubber wheels on for this trip and be
sure the trombonist puts her lips on the OUTside of her mouthpiece
to prevent any Maxillofacial injuries.
Chugga Chugga Choo Choo.
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| ClaudeW... |
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:26 am |
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On Oct 26, 9:20 am, ThreeQuarterTimer <ThreeQuarterTi... at (no spam) yahoo.com>
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Yes, I have played on a train before, Claude. There IS a solution.
Ask the conductor to put the rubber wheels on for this trip and be
sure the trombonist puts her lips on the OUTside of her mouthpiece
to prevent any Maxillofacial injuries.
Chugga Chugga Choo Choo.
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This train is lucky to have any wheels let alone rubber ones. Yes, I
do sometimes use a lady trombone player as a sub for my regular
player. How did you know? |
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