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Author: J.Butler
Date: 2000-04-13 17:54
Well, I've heard of this happening during my years as an educator and repair tech, but now can identify with it. A mother just brought me her daughters clarinet that she (mother) backed over with the family SUV! It seems that daughter placed it behind the vehicle and well, left it there. No insurance! However I would like everyone to know that grenadilla is strong! All sections survived except the lower joint. It has a gouge in it where the posts were ripped from the body (about 4" long) but didn't split or break. I don't recommend anyone go out and perform a "do at home test", but Selmer Signet 100's can "take a licking and keep on...sort of!
J. Butler
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Author: Kontragirl
Date: 2000-04-13 20:16
How lucky! I know a trumpet player who was running late for a marching band performance and he put his trumpet behind his car so he could run back for his drill charts. He forgot and ran right over it. Unfortunately, it wasn't in the case. Fortunately, it wasn't his nice one.
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Author: Willie
Date: 2000-04-13 21:23
Well one of the Trombone players in our high school found out his top of the line bone was no match for the rear wheels of a school bus. SKA-WISH!
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Author: paul
Date: 2000-04-14 21:38
Trumpets are usually in the key of be flat. At least this one was, so was the 'bone. Ouch!
How can you spell the word "insurance"? That's why I have an all-risk policy for my horn. Even with all of the insurance, it's still a hard loss to take.
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Author: HTW
Date: 2000-04-15 22:41
Exactly- insurance or no, I'd die if anything happened to my clarinet!
Wow...it's amazing to think that wood can hold up better than metal. I'm impressed
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Author: Willie
Date: 2000-04-16 03:28
If for anything, if you have an expencive horn, theft insurance. Earlier I posted that one of our young music majors had her car vandalized and her new Buffet taken. The good news is, she got it back intact thanks to the local police departments diligence. She had no insurance and had made only I think one payment. A recovery like this just doesn't happen that often. She is VERY lucky. DON"T LEAVE AN INSTRUMENT IN YOUR CAR!
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Author: Jeff
Date: 2000-04-18 03:51
At my school, a clarinet came up broken. The upper joint was broken in two-no one knew how it happened-until the band teacher noticed that the serial numbers did not match on the upper and lower joints. She called the company where both instruments came from and figured out that someone had broken their instrument and pulled a little switcharoo with one that looked exactly the same. The girl didn't want her parents to know that she had broken her horn that she didn't play anymore(her sister was going to start playing), so she got rid of the evidence!
Jeff
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