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- From: myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Myers)
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:54:14 GMT
- Subject: Re: HELP! Info on MD and DCC
- Message-ID: <7490256@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- >
- > |> Now for today's trivia question. Which of today's musical instruments
- > |> is a decendant of the sackbut.
- >
- > The trombone (from the italian large _tromba_, or horn) is essentially a
- > sackbut (or sacbut) with most of the difference being in the mouthpiece size
- > and bell flare.
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- Damn. Rich beat me to it. (I happen to play the trombone, so Bill
- unwittingly asked one I could look good on!)
-
- >
- > So, where'd the oboe come from?
-
- Considering the sound, could it be......SATAN??!???!??!?!!!!! :-)
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- >
- > Rich
- >
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- Bob M.
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