schmooshed Bach trombones

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:15 am

Hey, Joe! With over 6,000 posts, when do you find the time to be a master-craftsman?

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:11 am

bloke wrote:I abhor the buffing room...

Yeah... wish I could stay out of there! Unfortunately (depending of how you look at it) this is a one-man shop and I HAVE to ... or it won't git done! I suppose it's a small price to pay for not having to put up with whimpering employees!

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:06 pm

The obvious solution to the buffing room is to have some big-name player start a fad for painted (not lacquered) horns...

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:11 pm

Did someone ask for 'painted (not lacquered) horns'?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:51 pm

Super Smooth wrote:Where's the "before" picture? Maybe this is just a photo of a nice shiny NEW t-bone bell!

Not from around here, are ya, boy?

Joe Baker · Post by **Joe Baker** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:23 pm

bloke wrote:
Super Smooth wrote:Where's the "before" picture?...!

... and after ...

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:17 pm

Joe Baker wrote:
bloke wrote:
Super Smooth wrote:Where's the "before" picture?...!

... and after ...

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:21 pm

(and don't call me 'Mr. Bug'. I think my dad must have just walked in...

)

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:30 pm

Back to the subject of trombones...

When I my household goods arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1995, I had my contrabass trombone sent with them. In all their infinite wisdom and knowledge, the packers placed it precariously loose in the top part of the shipping crate.

When the crate arrived at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Cengkareng, the nice people from Garuda Indonesian Airways started dropping things out of the crate and into a moving van. The trombone was thrown down onto the tarmac. The bell was flat as a pancake.

I took the horn to a music store in Jakarta. (It should be noted that musical instrument stores in Indonesia also sell sporting equipment.) It was fixed in a matter of days. While it wasn't as pretty as it was before, it played just as well, although it had a terribly bumpy bell.

I still have that bone.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:21 pm

bloke, you the MAN!