Klarinet Archive - Posting 001224.txt from 1998/07

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Basset Horn
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 22:43:11 -0400

> From: MX%"klarinet@-----.68
> Subj: RE: [kl] Basset Horn

>
> Ok folks,
>
> I have finally made up my mind to sell my mint with no problems Leblanc
> Basset Horn which was worked on by both Bill Brannen and Francois Kloc.
> It initally had a low c problem, but Francois made it play great......and
> it does. However, despite Dan Leeson's terrific advice regarding having
> two bassets (I also have a Buffet basset horn), I find I must sell the
> thing to help finance a toy I have been searching for for a very long
> time: a 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe 2 Door, 6 passenger, all original
> in mint condition classic automobile (please.....don't ask......my wife
> tells me it is because I am almost 40......I don't believe it for a
> second).

And some day, in about 15years when your 1941 Chevrolet Special
Deluxe 2-Door 6-passenger all original mint condition classic
automobile is rusty and has two broken axles, you will be called
by the conductor of the Chicago Symphony begging you to rent them
your two magnificent instruments, and you will say, "Sorry. I
made a bad mistake when I sold one of them."

And the conductor of the Chicago Symphony will say, "You are indeed
a rotten person!"

And you'll be sorry because your wife will have left you for a short,
snub nosed man who himself has two basset horns and with whom she
will lead a magnificent life enriched by her new husband. And you
will be alone in a dark room, shades drawn, coughing, a bottle of
cheap whiskey by your side, feverish, unable to count in 3/4 time,
getting only an occasional Polka job for $8 and all the sauerkraut
you can eat. A big dog will steal your shoes. And you will
remember as you dream in a terrible drunken state what you might
have had if you had kept your second basset horn instead of
trading in this treasure for a bauble.

Oh, you wicked, wicked man.

>
> So.....if anyone is interested in the horn, please email me privately and
> I will be happy to set something up.
>
> Roger Garrett
> IWU
>
>
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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
leeson@-----.edu
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