I hope more people-both players and repair techs- will come out as Paul
Mansur has when he called these horns Chinese junk.
I,unfortunately, have had the opportunity to work on several of these horns
and completely agree with his evaluation.
I have not found even one aspect of these horns that
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Hi All,
An unnamed (to protect the guilty) colleague formerly from this list gave
one including the free shipping to our (lurking) colleague on this list,
Bob Losin and myself, and told us to find a good home for it...We can't
bring ourselves to unleash this piece of junk onto even a poor
Walter E. Lewis wrote:
There are only three really good uses for one of these horns, a) a door
stop, b) a boat anchor and c) to demonstrate what NOT to buy a kid.
One might also consider it as a wall decoration, perhaps in
a bar or restaurant. Several restaurant chains now have
musical
In a message dated 8/22/2004 2:01:57 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Some of the major American musical instrument manufacturers are calling
these instruments ISOs---INSTRUMENT SIMILAR OBJECTS-- and the description
fits.
Paul and list,
First, The brands
Dear Friends,
Maybe some of the people who buy those horns do so while ignore the advice
of the experts, but I think many of the people buying them don't even
bother getting any advice. They just plunge ahead on their own.
The peer pressure working on kids (and onto the parents through the
Susan T wrote
and you will probably have very solid petal
tones on the trombone as soon as you start
playing it...
and Cabbage wrote:
I had a rose brass bell installed on my trombone,
so now my petal tones are really impressive.
then Richard B opined:
It also does wonders for your
*sneezes*
-William
In a message dated 8/22/2004 10:43:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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What a pollen joke that was!
gotta go,
cabbage
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Ben L wrote
The french horn listings on Ebay these days are clogged with frequent
ads from three stores that sell extremely inexpensive new French
horns. One place sells singles from Victory Band Instruments that
cost $125. Another sells Helmke singles for $129. Doubles go for
$245. What
Hello list,
In addition to the ridiculously low price of these instruments, the
sellers use phrases such as school approved, director approved, and
most recently approved by the MENC. When I questioned the sellers
about these approvals and endorsements I receive answers like, we're
not at liberty
In a message dated 8/22/04 9:30:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
For
example, First Act instruments have a warranty - a two year warranty!
David,
I was suprised at part of your response.
WHAT GOOD IS A TWO YEAR WARRANTY IF THE HORN DOES NOT PLAY WELL???
Paul Navarro
Custom Horn
Susan T wrote: and you will probably have very solid petal tones on the trombone
as soon as you start playing it...
and Cabbage wrote: I had a rose brass bell installed on my trombone, so now my petal
tones are really impressive.
then Richard B opined: It also does wonders for your
Some of you folks may have heard of old P. T. Barnum, who said 'There is a sucker born
every minuteetc' and I feel he was correct!!
Now, the rate is probably two every minute!!
And most of those are buying off of the eBay lists!!
Heads up, folks!!
Joe Duke
Caveat emptor is not a bad policy, but it only works if the emptor actually
takes care to caveat.
-- Alan Cole, rank amateur
McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.
Some of you folks may have heard of old P. T. Barnum, who said 'There is a
sucker born every
In a message dated 8/22/2004 5:22:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was suprised at part of your response.
WHAT GOOD IS A TWO YEAR WARRANTY IF THE HORN DOES NOT PLAY WELL???
Paul, I have no idea. Here is the deal:
First Act has solicited NAPBIRT (National Association of
Thank goodness for excellent Band Directors.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Karen Martin
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Hornlist] New horns on Ebay for $125?!
Jack, if you like, you can reply with a quote from my Fall School Open House letter to
my
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