<p>And if that didn’t work, the next order would have been for a gross of violin endpins…</p>
<p>… and case of cello shoulder rests as giveaways</p>
<p>Yeah, sometimes I get asked about fish and occasionally about shoes or beer. I’m afraid I don’t know much about the first two.</p>
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<p>Plus the cartoon Thumper was a <em>male</em> rabbit, which I believe also does not apply to our thumper.</p>
<p>Where is “Backhandgrip” for this discussion. I always thought he was a stage techie…maybe left handed or something. Then (DUH) it was pointed out to me that this might have something to do with tennis. Of course, I’m not much of a “sports person”…would never have thought of that on my own.</p>
<p>^^I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure Backhandgrip is a woman.</p>
<p>See…there is my “theater bias”. Most grips (not all) who I have known were men. Oh brother.</p>
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<p>It would have needed to be 2kidorchestra (too many letters)…neither of my kids would walk across the street to play in the band. Both prefer orchestral music.</p>
<p>A vivid example of how our experiences shape the conclusions that we jump to. I have no theater experience, so I never saw “backhandgrip” as anything but a tennis reference.</p>
<p>I always assume Bassdad liked to fish. Obviously my kids were not in the band.</p>
<p>mom60, Bassdad’s kid wasn’t in the band either. 
(Bands don’t have string players. Basses are found in orchestras.)</p>
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<p>Unless she played another instrument, BassDad’s kiddo wasn’t in the “band” either. Does anyone else remember that hilarious scene from the movie “Take the Money and Run” where Woody Allen played the cello in the marching band? It was a riot…he had the chair, and cello and bow, and would march along. Just about when he got the chair and cello all set to play, the band would move on. I’ll never forget it. The movie was so so, but that scene was quite funny.</p>
<p>Cross posted with Binx!!</p>
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<p>Rock bands do. They all have basses. I assumed BassDad (or his kid) was a bass guitar player.</p>
<p>Okay, now I’m showing MY bias. “Band” in terms of brass and woodwinds, marching, etc. And I even have a guitar-playing kid who plays in the “other kind.” But BassDad’s kid plays the orchestra kind. (She may play the other kind, too, but I don’t think he’s ever mentioned it.)</p>
<p>I have the same bias as Binx…and my DD played a keyboard bass in a jazz band. Go figure.</p>
<p>Y’all are great fun to read. I’m always impressed how kids pick up these instruments. I still remember when one kiddo came home from 3rd grade saying, earnestly, “They’re going to teach us to play the recorder. What’s so hard about that? I just push play, pause, rewind…”</p>
<p>I thought maybe BassDad was in a triangular marriage and was distinguished from TenorDad.</p>
<p>Well…it <em>could</em> happen.</p>
<p>Daughter is a reasonably good bass guitar player, but has not spent nearly as much time on it as she has on the upright. At least around here, some bands do include a string bass. The NJ all-state and regional honors bands and wind ensembles include one or two upright bassists. She spent most of her time in those groups playing along inaudibly with the tubas. Her big moments came when accompanying a soloist with the kind of pizzicato walking bass lines that winds can’t quite imitate. She also played both upright and bass guitar with several jazz bands.</p>
<p>I, on the other hand, sing bass but do not play either upright bass or bass guitar. I have been known to play bass recorder and bass crumhorn in a variety of early music bands.</p>
<p>TheDad, I am not so much triangular as barrel-shaped.</p>