What I did on my summer vacation....

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What I did on my summer vacation....

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....evidence that I need help!

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VERY nicely done!
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Nice! I have a red, white, and blue Selmer commode-O-phone that I use for parades. But... it's not NEAR as well done as yours.
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Way cool.
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This makes me want to stand up and salute it. Well Done!
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'MERICA!
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It's that word "handcraft"...
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Born on the fourth of July...
Stunning!!
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A VERY fine job! Enjoy!
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Very nice!!
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Z-Tuba Dude wrote:....evidence that I need help!

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Thats pretty. What nationality are you again? :lol:
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Per aspera ad astra

roughly translates to

Follow the red stripes to the stars.

Great design!

Schleppy and you could start a circulatory design company covering everything from mouthpiece through bell covers.

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Can you do this to my Hirsbrunner?
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goodgigs wrote:BTW; do you work in the auto body industry ?
No, I am not an auto body guy, but I play one on television! :D
Actually I never tried anything like this before. I did not realize how much work the project would be, until I got into it. The multiple layers of lacquer caused the most problems for me, until I started to figured some things out.
goodgigs wrote:What I like best is that when Christmas comes, you could paint another bell with Christmassy stuff and have a candy cane body !
Your idea about an alternate Christmas bell, is great! I'll have to give that some thought. Anybody got a clean King fiberglass bell, that they are willing to part with??? 8)
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tclements wrote:Can you do this to my Hirsbrunner?
Funny you should mention that! A prominent NY tuba player suggested that I should have done it to my Hirsbrunner! :lol:
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