Klarinet Archive - Posting 000629.txt from 1999/07

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: mail order - local store policy repairs (repair horror stories)
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 00:39:08 -0400

Ed,

True stories, not just urban legends abound. Fathers that fine tune their kids
fiddles and then glue the pegs in place. I've got a string teacher friend who
swears on a Bible on that one.

Unused tampons down the bell of a trumpet. A missing bass drum beater that I
flushed out of Sousaphone. We could go on and on.

Ed Wojtowicz wrote:

> > I must admit, though, DADS are even worse than music teachers!
> > (Here, gimme that! I ain't payin' good money to get that mouthpiece
> > unstuck! Where are my Vice-grips?)
> >
>
> I recall a teacher in college who related the story of a father who wanted
> to help and glued the bridge of a violin in place because it had come loose.
>
> One of my favorites: I was teaching beginning band in a long term sub
> position after I got out of undergrad school. There was a young trumpet
> player who was having trouble getting anything to come out of his horn. As I
> was checking the valves out, I noticed they would turn freely in the
> casings. I mentioned that I could not get them to lock in. The student
> replied " My Dad said there were burrs on them so he filed them off"
>
> Ed
>
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