Re: a piggy?


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Posted by RAY NOGUERA on July 22, 1999 at 22:28:44:

In Reply to: a piggy? posted by Dale Hale on July 19, 1999 at 11:40:00:

HERE' STHE POOP FROM THE PIG MAN HIMSELF.

THE TERM PIGGY REFERS TO THE MODEL 1024S CC TUBA THE HORN WAS CONCIEVED BY THE TUBA BRAIN TRUST AT WALTER SEAR'S IN NEW YORK IN ABOUT 1972 IT IS A COMBINATION OF THE AMATI 68 BELL CUT TO FIT THE LARGER 1024 BODY . I WORKED WITH WALTER FOR 10 YEARS HE WAS MY FIRST TEACHER AND TAUGHT ME A GREAT DEAL ABOUT DESIGN. DURING MY TIME AT WALTERS I ALWAYS DISPLAYED A CEARMIC OR PLASTIC PIG IN MY WORK AREA.
THE NAME CAME WHEN THE LATE GREAT JOHN FLETCHER FIRST SAW IT . I BELIEVE HIS WORDS WERE.. "ITS A GREAT HORN AND ITS A BIT PIGGY LOOKING TO BOOT. "HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST PEOPLE I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO MEET. AND WALTER WAS AND IS A UNDER RATED GENIUS OF THE TUBA WORLD.




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