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Re: Bloke: How'bou'dat?
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:19 pm
by windshieldbug
the elephant wrote:The neck is permanently soldered on at a such an angle as to make playing the thing impossible, so I never have to be disappointed with it!
You mean you're supposed to play these things!? I thought you were just meant to chuck 'em at people you couldn't bend to your will!

Re: Bloke: How'bou'dat?
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:32 am
by LoyalTubist
the elephant wrote:
What will these clever guys think of next?
Something worth the price, hopefully.
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 6:06 am
by LoyalTubist
Oh, I was cruising around the 'Net and found an online store that sells this very helicon:
http://www.superbrass.com/brassband.htm
It's about $200 cheaper, too. (It might be the same people that are on eBay... they use the same kind of advertising!)
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:34 am
by windshieldbug
This is the first time I've ever seen them use adjectives correctly:
"Rare Silver Mellophone / Double French Horn"
Double horn with only three valves; now THAT'S rare!

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:41 pm
by LoyalTubist
windshieldbug wrote:
Double horn with only three valves; now THAT'S rare!

The photographer was drunk.
