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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000030.txt from 2004/08

From: Rhondda May <rmay@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Assimilated by the Borg?
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 10:05:22 -0400

In my 13 years in Hong Kong, I've run into a number of Chinese-made
oboes; and I think you're probably right about just staring at the
keywork until it bends!
Ideal for lamps.
rhondda

ContraReed@-----.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 8/8/04 1:06:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> bearwoodson@-----.net writes:
>
> << I recently went to Sam's Club and noticed that
> they are selling, what looks like, pathetically cheap,
> flimsy, Musical Instruments, (flutes, trumpets,
> clarinets, etc.), made in China by a company called
> "Borg". >>
>
> You can practice you telekinetic powers with these instruments (a la Uri
> Geller). The keys on them are so soft and malleable, you can probably make them
> bend just by staring at them and thinking about it. I feel sorry for the
> students (and their band directors) who wind up owning these. Fortunately, Sam's
> Club/BJ's/etc. don't sell oboes and bassoons.
>
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