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Looking for a home, J W Pepper helicon, Cleveland sousaphon
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 4:49 pm
by hammerhead48
Rescued from recycling. Very old and dirty. Need work. I offered the helicon to JW Pepper and they will not respond.
I am not looking for money, just someone who would appreciate these historic instruments, need work, will send pictures.
Jim
Miraphone 186
Re: Looking for a home, J W Pepper helicon, Cleveland sousap
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 2:59 pm
by Bbfoghorn
Hammerhead, What is your location?
Re: Looking for a home, J W Pepper helicon, Cleveland sousap
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 5:25 pm
by hammerhead48
Between Cornng and Elmira, NY. I have had several requests to see these instruments, so I will keep your info in case I do not place them.
Jim
Re: Looking for a home, J W Pepper helicon, Cleveland sousap
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:59 am
by edsel585960
Vince Simonetti at the tuba museum in NC might be interested in it.
Re: Looking for a home, J W Pepper helicon, Cleveland sousap
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 12:00 pm
by edsel585960
https://simonettitubacollection.com/" target="_blank The website for the museum.
Re: Looking for a home, J W Pepper helicon, Cleveland sousap
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 7:21 pm
by Dave Detwiler
hammerhead48 wrote:Rescued from recycling. Very old and dirty. Need work. I offered the helicon to JW Pepper and they will not respond.
Just so you're aware, I spoke with a friend of mine who worked at Pepper until recently, and he said there have been numerous layoffs and furloughing of employees over the past handful of months - including my friend, who would have been the one to connect with about an historic instrument. It sounds like the company is really struggling during the pandemic.
Re: Looking for a home, J W Pepper helicon, Cleveland sousap
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 10:36 am
by tylerferris1213
I sent you a message. I live in Cleveland, so it would be great to bring that horn back to its birthplace! On top of that I'm an instrument repair technician, and I'd love to show it off at Cleveland State University's yearly tuba day in the museum. Let me know if you're interested!