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imperialbari wrote:I have at least 6 US-made Blues Reunion bags, so I am no basher of the idea. On inspiration of this thread I went to the Cronkhite site to see, if I could get a bag for one of my non-brass instruments. That site is not doing good service to its owner. No catalogue, no listing of models, no dimension specs. Maybe a relevant point to start a marketing effort.

Klaus

Rev Rob wrote:I wanted to have a Cronkite gig bag made for my King 1241 tuba. I down loaded the measurement form, made careful measurements, even took photos and emailed all the information to Glenn. He replied that he could not create a bag as he did not have any patterns. It can't be that hard to find an old King and check it for measurement confirmation and use it for a pattern.

From Glenn's attitude about this, I figured he didn't want my business. So I moved on.

tuben wrote:

Ferguson wrote:I prefer this thread not develop into a hard vs. soft case thread. Please take that elsewhere. I'm just posting here to give an encouraging referral. Same goes for "I got ___ case for cheaper" or "Reunion Blues is blah blah blah".

(If you do that I'll totally troll you all.)

1) Praises can not be heaped enough on Glenn and his work.

2) If we as a country want to succeed then we need to relearn the value (and attached cost) of excellent work.

3) For all the talk of the 'economy' and 'jobs', there seems to be little talk of supporting local business and craftsmen. Let's remember they more than cheap imports from China support American families.

4) I've been putting it off but plan to place an order today for a bag for my MW.

5) If you do talk about, ""I got ___ case for cheaper" or "Reunion Blues is blah blah blah". I'll be right with Steve in trolling your *** hard.

Rev Rob wrote:I wanted to have a Cronkite gig bag made for my King 1241 tuba. I down loaded the measurement form, made careful measurements, even took photos and emailed all the information to Glenn. He replied that he could not create a bag as he did not have any patterns. It can't be that hard to find an old King and check it for measurement confirmation and use it for a pattern.

From Glenn's attitude about this, I figured he didn't want my business. So I moved on.

hrender wrote:

LJV wrote:

bloke wrote:I second the motion, and would also like to remind the Chairman - via a review of the minutes of the last meeting - that tonight will be the third-and-final reading of the resolution to add "133. No nose-picking." to the fraternity rulebook.

There have been questions regarding rule #133. Many are concerned. Here is just one of many inquiries:
... [omitted]

schlepporello wrote:

LJV wrote:

J.c. Sherman wrote:LJV, ... did you say something?

Ah, hem...

I hope this letter will fascinate, inform, and change the lives of those who read it. It's possibly the only letter out there that's bold enough to make the uncompromising statement that J.c. Sherman, Utopian Wanker's shell games are intellectually and morally indefensible. Before I get moving here, let me point out that I enjoy the great diversity of humankind, in our food, our dress, our music, our literature, and our forms of spiritual expression. What I don't enjoy are J.c. Sherman, Utopian Wanker's iracund ebullitions, which erase the memory of all traditions and all history.

If J.c. Sherman, Utopian Wanker got his way, he'd be able to inculcate self-aggrandizing expedients. Brrrr! It sends chills down my spine just thinking about that. I am making a pretty serious accusation here. I am accusing him of planning to keep us perennially behind the eight ball. And I don't want anyone to think that I am basing my accusation only on the fact that if we take up the all-encompassing challenge of freedom, justice, equality, and the pursuit of life with full dignity then the sea of unilateralism, on which he so heavily relies, will begin to dry up. I will never give up. I will never stop trying. And I will use every avenue possible to unveil the semiotic patterns that he utilizes to fight with spiritual weapons that are as puzzleheaded as they are illaudable.

I can repeat with undiminished conviction something I said eons ago: J.c. Sherman, Utopian Wanker's agents provocateurs have been running around recently trying to appropriate sacred symbols for power-hungry purposes. Meanwhile, J.c. Sherman, Utopian Wanker has been preparing to effect complete and total control over every human being on the planet. The whole episode smacks of a carefully orchestrated operation. If you ask me, the picture I am presenting need not be confined to J.c. Sherman, Utopian Wanker's tactics. It applies to everything he says and does. He thinks that uppity poltroons should be given absolute authority to stretch credulity beyond the breaking point. Of course, thinking so doesn't make it so. Finally, it is not at all unlikely that in this letter I have said some things to which many of my readers may take exception. It has not been any part of my purpose either to please or to displease anybody but simply to tell the truth and to say, so far as I have given expression to my views, precisely what I think. And what I think is this: There is no time and little temptation for those who work hard on their jobs and their responsibilities to infringe upon our most important constitutional rights.

Why does my head hurt when I try to read this?