Posted by Rick Denney on May 30, 2001 at 08:54:36:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Courtois Tuba Range posted by Ralf on May 29, 2001 at 22:05:50:
Don't escalate. Jokes are either funny or they're not, and largely the difference is the state of mind of the reader. And the reader's heritage and country of residence has a big effect as well--and this joke was in part poking fun at the British usage of "range," which would not usually be used in the same way in North America.
But I'm trying to understand the relationship between a horn being physically lighter and having a lighter sound. I'm not sure this relationship holds--I can think of many contrary examples. And the lightness must be the thickness of the brass--the density of common brass alloys varies little.
Rick "who endures much British humor and would appreciate the return favor" Denney