[Trombone-l] Plunger Mute question...

[Dennis Clason]

That's the Trio [sic] Sonata for two flutes and discontinuo.  The 
discontinuo consists of a tuba and tambourine.

It calls for the tambourinist to insert and remove a straight mute, but 
a garbage can lid would be completely in keeping with the PDQ Bach 
atmosphere.

I've done it in rehearsal with my wife the flautist.  I was doing the 
tuba part on bass, the mute insertion thing just doesn't work worth a 
flip on a bass ... a plunger there would make the piece workable.

Tom Izzo wrote:
> David, Keith, and all,
>
>
> --- On Tue, 1/6/09, David W. Buckley <davebuckley at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>
>   
>> From: David W. Buckley <davebuckley at cogeco.ca>
>> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Plunger Mute question...
>> To: "Keith Marr" <epigraph55 at hotmail.co.uk>, "Trombone List" <trombone-l at samford.edu>
>>
>> Maybe someone will tell me how a tuba player can use a
>> plunger mute?
>>
>>     
>
> Well................
>
> P.D.Q. Bach "wrote" a piece, I believe the title is "Divertimento for 2 Flutes and Discontinuo".
> The "dis"continuo part is tambourine & tuba.
> In the 2nd mov't (again I'm running on memory, here). The Tuba is to use a a plunger made from a garbage can lid. The tambourinist is to operate it.
> So there is a precedent for a Tubist using a "plunger". LOL
>
> Tom
>
>   
>> Dave.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Keith Marr"
>> <epigraph55 at hotmail.co.uk>
>> To: "Trombone List"
>> <trombone-l at samford.edu>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:06 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Plunger Mute question...
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Trust Tom to have four sizes - nice to know some things in
>> life never 
>> change!
>>
>>
>>
>> Regarding the
>> Jolly Ball (a toy for horses I think) someone recommended
>> that on list a few 
>> years ago for bass trombone and I
>> ordered one. (There's a discussion in the 2003 archive.
>> Dan Pliskin
>> used one at that time.) Didn't know they came in
>> different sizes and
>> the stores who supplied me sent the biggest - it was a
>> 10"er! I reckon
>> it would work on a contra or even a tuba!
>>
>>
>>
>> My first post of 2009, so happy new year to you all!
>>
>>
>>
>> Keith in Bb/F/D
>>
>>     
>>> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:10:44 -0800
>>> From: contrabasstrombone at yahoo.com
>>> To: boneman88 at sbcglobal.net; jeffalbert.smb at gmail.com
>>> CC: trombone-l at samford.edu
>>> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Plunger Mute question...
>>>
>>> Hey guys there are more than two sizes!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Mon, 1/5/09, Jeff Albert
>>>       
>> <jeffalbert.smb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> but I
>>>       
>>>> think that one ended up with my trumpet playing
>>>>         
>> stepson.
>>     
>>> How come he doesn't use the "Trumpet"
>>>       
>> model?
>>     
>>> The plunger that non-musicians would call the bathtub
>>>       
>> size, is only 3" 
>>     
>>> accross.
>>>
>>> I personally have all four "sizes", but as a
>>>       
>> doubler, I need them all.
>>     
>>> 3" for Trumpet (and Sop Trb).
>>> 5+" for small Tenors (never had a call for
>>>       
>> plunger on Alto LOL)
>>     
>>> 6" for large Tenors, & the H&B model for
>>>       
>> Bass Trb. The rubber ones just 
>>     
>>> don't cut it on bells over 9".
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
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Dennis L. Clason, Ph.D.
University Statistics Center
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico