Mellotronists

I just got out my recorder and compared it to some
photos of instruments on the web and it looks like
what i have here is actually a tenor. It doesn't have
the bocal that I see on the bass instruments. I have
played this instrument along with Stairway and I can
manage the low notes, but not the higher ones....I
have always just assumed that it's my naive technique,
but maybe it's as you say Rick, wrong instrument.

I'll try to find that interview....I THINK it was in
Keyboard, but it's been many years since I have seen
it. Maybe on the web somewhere.

The upshot of the interview for me was that it
introduced me to the recorder solo records that
Richard Harvey has recorded over the years. I saw him
with Gryphon on the Yes Relayer tour and, while he was
mostly playing keyboards, his recorder solo had the
whole crowd going crazy. It was pure genius. I
recently saw his name as the electronic music guy for
the old "Martian Chronicles" series with Rock Hudson. 
> On Apr 3, 2005, at 1:17 PM, mark kasian wrote:
> 
> >
> > It's not just recorders...it's BASS recorders and
> MA
> > has a set available.
> >
> > Mark
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> I beg to differ. They aren't bass recorder, although
> I am hearing an 
> alto recorder on the bottom, possibly tenor, but
> DEFINITELY no bass. 
> For three of my 23 years of teaching, I had to
> handle a recorder choir 
> and we had a complete set, so I know about these
> things ;)
> 
> The recorders on "Stairway" are also definitely not
> a tron. They're 
> live, probably by John Paul Jones since he seems to
> be able to play 
> just about anything. If you listen closely through
> headphones, you can 
> JUST detect the breathing. All in all, it's a pretty
> good performance.
> 
> Rick
> 
> 


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