Klarinet Archive - Posting 000040.txt from 2002/08

From: Lucienne <lucienne@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fantastic experiences in Vancouver
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 21:18:40 -0400

Does anyone in vancouver know where morrie acquired his machinery/
tools/shop stuff ?
LOL
Thanks,
Lucienne

At 05:25 PM 8/2/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Peter Stoll raved about Morrie Backun:
>
><<<This guy knows his way around woodwinds! He found some subtle cracks on
>one horn, invisibly repaired now, and a ton of tiny leaks and man has the
>scale improved on my Eb and A. Thanks Morrie! His email is MBack@-----.com
>and his shop number (604)205-5770. . . . My only fear is that he's going
>to get booked up as the word continues to spread.>>>
>
>[Note the power of footnotes:]
>
>This is complete smarm, wholly untrue.<1> I've had my instruments worked
>on by Morrie, and his work isn't better than anyone else's.<2> His prices
>are totally unreasonable,<3> and I'm not ever going to bother sending my
>horn all the way to Canada again just for simple adjustments.<4> I
>haven't tried his cosmetically-enhanced barrels<5>, but it's the bore that
>counts anyway.<6>
>
>With that said, I have no complaints at all.<7>
>
>Notes:
>
>1. Not.
>
>2. It's a *whole lot* better. The word I'd use is "exquisite."
>
>3. Unreasonably low, that is. Because of the US/Cdn. dollar difference,
>his work is extremely cost-favorable. Of course, too much of this and
>he'll come to his senses . . .
>
>4. I won't send my horn up. Because I live near Seattle, it's only a 4
>hour drive, worth every second. Besides, Vancouver is strikingly
>beautiful, so my wife and I go up for a little holiday.
>
>Plus, it's just so much fun to chat with him - Morrie's a hoot - and he'll
>tweak the horn while you test it to get it "just so," included as part of
>the service.
>
>5. . . . but they *do* look pretty, no?
>
>6. As part of the overhaul of my R-13 Bb, Morrie re-bored the barrel. I
>now get better results with it than with any of the Chadash or Bays that I
>spent so much money on. It also makes my R-13 A play much better in tune,
>so I can use it on both. I don't care if he uses pixie dust - it works.
>
>7. OK, just one - he doesn't like to work on saxophones, and mine need help.
>
>An aside: he overhauled my wife's Prima Sankyo flute, w/ Straubinger pads.
>Did a fantastic job on it (did I say "exquisite"?) Whatever you do, DON'T
>LET THE FLUTE PLAYERS KNOW! He's ours and we're not sharing.
>
>kjf
>
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