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Re: Cornet players

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Subject: Re: Cornet players
From: "Ian McKechnie" <mckechnie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:44:10 +0000
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Clair (hello Clair !) wrote :

> Nice to see you're back in force Ian ..... forgive me if I'm wrong, but
> didn't you spend the majority of October/November aggressively debating
> (tried to avoid using the term 'arguing' for the sake of good sportsmanship
> :-), the fact that cornet and trumpet can be combined successfully, with
> Maurice Murphy as your prime example of both a phenomenal Trumpet AND
> Cornet player?

Absolutely.  My earlier message was merely implying that the reason 
that Maurice Murphy was such a big name as a cornet player was that 
he was trumpet player waiting to be discovered !

> Your 'oxymoron' comment may need to be reassessed a little .... I'm tempted
> to offer a few suggestions, but don't think they're in the interest of the
> list!!! :-)

You are quite right : I should re-assess it for the sake of accuracy.

Big name + cornet player = oxymoron.

Any name + soprano cornet player = moron

There : that seems to cover it.

>Happy New Year to Everyone!

I second that !


Ian McKechnie
<mckechnie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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