That's a funny one, Ralph. Over here in the States, he would have probably gotten away with his ruse, since most customs agents are not musically inclined. Now if it were a "pop" artist, he'd be in a world of hurt...
Walt Lewis --- On Thu, 5/26/11, Ralph Hall <[email protected]> wrote: From: Ralph Hall <[email protected]> Subject: [Hornlist] Horn Travel To: "The Horn List" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 3:59 AM Ralph R. Hall [email protected] Ralph R. Hall http://www.brasshausmusic.com There's a famous story about British trumpet player, the late Bernard Brown, who bought a 4-valve piccolo trumpet at Selmer in Paris. Returning through British customs, he thought he could easily pass it off as a Christmas tree decoration (it was December) and thus avoid the tax. He got up to the counter and the customs officer said,"Hey, you're Bernard Brown, the famous trumpet player - and I see you've just bought a new Selmer 4-valve piccolo Bb"! Yikes! Ralph R. Hall _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/lewhorn9%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
