I Can't Believe I Bought Another Horn.

AwayWeGo · Jun 18, 2008

O. K. -- After Just 7 More Days, That Horn Is Out Of Here.

If it doesn't sell this time I might as well give it to The Salvation Army.

One bidder came through already & it's a no-reserve auction on eBay, so that means after a week's time the Mirafone horn is out of here.

I might make a little something on it or I might get taken to the cleaners (again), but at least something is happening.

Meanwhile, I've got 1 more horn ready to photograph & list on eBay, plus 1 more on its way to me via UPS or FedEx Ground or some such.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Jun 19, 2008

Latest eBay Horn Pictures. (Hotlinked Off eBay -- They'll Disappear Soon.)

It's on the truck now -- should be delivered here today or tomorrow.

Maybe I can make a little something on this 1 -- either that or get taken to the cleaners yet again.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Jun 19, 2008

Pink String Follow-Up.

After all the bundles of tree debris got tied up in pink string & picked up at the curb, we were left with an 8-foot-long tree trunk lying on the ground out back.

The plan was to wait for a nice day, then go out with the circular power saw (designed for cutting 2x4s rather than sawing logs, but we just go with what we've got) & cutting as deeply as possible around the circumference at 2-foot intervals, then cutting the rest of the way through via a keen & tough pruning saw that really does the job evens though it's powered only by elbow grease.

That nice day is today -- 67 degrees at late morning with a forecast high temperature of 78 with low humidity.

So I grabbed up my work gloves & extension cord & circular saw & pruning saw & headed out back. Then I turned right around & put everything away.

It turns out that without our knowing about it, a helpful neighbor had chainsawed the fallen tree trunk into convenient lengths appropriate for the fireplace. All I had to do was pick'm up & take'm over to the woodpile. So I did.

Case closed.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Jun 20, 2008

Bought Amati Double Horn, Received King Single Horn. Next Up = Returna-Turna-Turna.

The FedEx Ground truck pulled up in the circle this morning, as expected. Inside the big carton left by the front door was the wrong horn. Sheesh.

When I called the eBay seller to complain that the wrong horn had just been delivered, he said he was expecting my call because the buyer of the King single horn had already called saying he received my Amati double horn by mistake yesterday.

So, the seller said he is going to E-Mail me his FedEx Ground account information plus the name & address of the guy who bought the King single horn. That way the King can go straight to its intended destination without detouring back through Lubbock TX.

Presumably something similar will be worked out at the other end to redirect the wayward Amati double horn to me. We'll see.

Oh, the eBay seller also said he'll refund the shipping cost I paid, just to compensate for the mix-up. We'll see about that too, eh?

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Jun 25, 2008

Wrong Horn Out Of Here. Right Horn En Route.

Not only that, the eBay seller refunded all shipping charges as a way of compensating for the mail room flub.

By E-Mail, he sent me a new prepaid shipping label for the wrong horn. I reboxed the missent horn & slapped on the label & took it up to a convenient shipping drop-off spot near here.

Plus, he E-Mailed me the new Tracking Number for the correct horn, which has also been re-sent.

If everybody lives happily ever after, I'll give the seller favorable eBay feedback.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Jul 1, 2008

Weirdest eBay Adventure Yet.

OK, the correct horn showed up in a big box delivered by FedEx Ground. I open up the carton & pick up the horn case by the handle, shaking off the pink plastic foam peanuts. I open up the horn case. Inside, I see not a complete & intact horn but the pieces of the horn -- the instrument shown in the eBay item photographs, but not in the condition it was in in the 4 photos.

I turned on the electric computer & sent the eBay seller the following message via E-Mail:

Hi [ -- name -- ]

The text of your eBay item description for the Amati "as is" double horn is pasted in below, for reference.

I understand & accept as-is. However, the condition of the disassembled horn inside the case goes way beyond "dings, finish wear and signs of repair."

When I opened up the case, the horn was -- still is -- in 4 disconnected pieces. There's the outer body of the horn, including bell flare & bell tail & 1st branch & lead pipe, etc. There's the valve section, including all 6 valve slides. And there are 2 tuning slides, which can't be inserted into anything at the moment because the tubes into which they get inserted are partly on the outer main section & partly on the inner valve section -- so until those 2 disconnected parts are reunited in a way that accurately spaces the tuning slide receivers nice & parallel, there's nothing that the tuning slides can be slid into.

It seems unlikely that's the condition the horn was in when you sent it out, because the pictures with your eBay item description show the horn all together in 1 piece with all the slides fully inserted, including the 2 tuning slides. So if the horn was OK (as described in your eBay item listing) when it left your location, then the condition it's in now must be the result of something that happened to it between there & here, including its intermediate stop.

You don't think the person who received the Amati double horn by mistake (instead of the King single horn) attempted surgery on the Amati, do you -- e.g., starting out to make a quasi-natural horn via valvectomy before realizing he or she was unsoldering the wrong horn ?

The packing carton was loosely stuffed with crumpled newspaper & a bunch of pink plastic foam peanuts all around the latched horn case. But there was no cushioning material inside the loose-fitting case to prevent the horn -- or, more correctly, the horn parts -- from shifting & clanking around inside the case. Conceivably that rattle-around space could be enough to allow the solder joints to break loose at the 3 places in the tubing where the central valve section used to be attached to the outer main section of the horn, but somehow I doubt it. But if you think I should put in a "concealed damage" claim with FedEx Ground, I will do it.

I'd like to get your take on this eBay Amati horn kit. I think the horn was deliberately taken apart -- not simply bucked & bounced to pieces by FedEx shipping. I mean, horns are semi-fragile & all, but not THAT fragile. Plus the horn isn't all dented up, it's all taken apart.

What do you think?

-- Alan Cole, McLean, Virginia, USA.
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eBay Item Description: This is a Amati double horn. The slides slide and the valves are free. It is being sold "as is" so you can get any repair done it needs.
We didn't have time to run these through the shop. We are clearing out our inventory to get some space. So, buy this one "as is". Please check our other auctions for more bargains.

Case is poor and it does not come with a mouthpiece.

It is used and does have some dings, finish wear and signs of repair.

Items are used and are sold “as is”.

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I got the following E-Mail response from the eBay seller:

Alan,

If I am understanding what you are saying, it was taken apart at it's last stop - I don't know why-

Let me know what you want to do. If you want a partial refund or a full refund, just let me know.

thanks,

So I promptly E-Mailed back:

Hi [ -- name -- ]

Yep, somebody took the horn all apart -- for sure. Your eBay pictures showed it was all together when you had it, so the only explanation has to be that the person who started taking it apart is the person who (briefly) had it before it was redirected to me.

If I received the wrong horn from FedEx or UPS, etc., I would not start taking it apart or doing things to it that are hard to undo. But that's just me.

Maybe you can get the person who did it to own up to it. It shouldn't be your problem or my problem that a 3rd party seriously damaged the horn.

But in fairness I think it is your problem that the Amati took its fateful detour & landed in the hands of the Horn Destroyer before it got repacked & re-shipped to me. Maybe the guy in the mail room does need to get fired after all.

I am willing to pay $100 for the Amati wreckage if that's OK with you.. The local brass repair guy who brought my eBay Lyon Monarch double horn back from the dead ought to be able to do something similar with the dismembered Amati, which at least is complete, although in pieces.

If a $150 refund is not OK, I'm wiling to repack everything -- with more cushioning protection for the separate loose parts than they had when I got'm -- & send the whole works back to you.

Let me know.

-- Alan Cole, McLean VA

PS -- My eBay customized Mirafone Bb single horn finally sold -- 3rd time was the charm. The buyer loves it -- gave good feedback saying it sounds more like an F horn than a single Bb horn. She also loved the packing & shipping -- as well she should because of all the care I took to make sure the horn got there OK. It would have been nicer if I'd made a little something on the sale, but at least the Mirafone is out of here. Win some. Lose some. So it goes. -AC.

Very soon after that, I got an automated PayPal notice of $150 refund, plus the following E-Mail from the eBay seller:

Alan,

Sometimes things happen. I figure it's better to try to make the buyer happy no matter what.

I refunded the $150 -

Sorry for the inconvenience -

Watch my auctions in the future and I will make sure it goes smoother next time!

thanks,

I acknowledged the refund, with thanks, & gave the eBay seller the following feedback notation:

Cool Horn. Odd eBay Adventure. Happy Ending. Great Seller Integrity. A++ A++ A++

All's well that ends well. On this 1, who'd a-thunk it would come out anything like this ?

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Jul 16, 2008

Another Horn Out Of Here.

I photographed it, put it on Craig's List, got an E-Mail query the next morning, & a follow-up phone call the day after that.

The call led to an in-person try-out of the horn at my house by a community band guy who wanted a better horn than the old el crappo instrument he'd been struggling with.

After 35 minutes or so of experimental honking, he made an offer, we haggled minimally, we reached a deal, he wrote me a check, & he left with the horn.

Later that day, the buyer called back with some questions (which I answered), leading me to believe he was experiencing buyer regret & setting me up for a request to give him his money back (which I would have done -- wouldn't want him to feel stuck with an unloved instrument).

The day after that, he called again to say how much he was enjoying playing the horn, how happy he is to have it, how much he appreciates being in touch with other community horn players, & thanking me for selling him the horn.

I have 2 more unloved horns that I've decided I'll be happier selling off than keeping, so as time permits I'll photograph them & get them ready for eBay or Craig's List or both.

Meanwhile, that tough-luck eBay Amati double horn will be coming back from the shop 1 of these days, so that will be 1 more to debate keeping or selling. (I'm starting out with the idea I'll sell it -- but 1 never know, do 1 ?)

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

Kona Lovers · Jul 16, 2008

Thanks for the updates, Alan. The Saga of Alan's Horns is definitely on par with the Alan's Dinky Travel Trailer epic.

----and there's nothing wrong with either one!!!!

Marty

AwayWeGo · Jul 18, 2008

Dinky Is As Dinky Does.

Kona Lovers said:
The Saga of Alan's Horns is definitely on par with the Alan's Dinky Travel Trailer epic.

The Dinky Trailer saga is another ongoing story.

Click here for the latest chapter of that.

It's always something.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Aug 29, 2008

Suspicions Pretty Much Confirmed . . .

AwayWeGo said:
Yamaha YHR-666 & YHR-666N are discontinued models, manufactured 1981-1985 only. (YHR-666 is made of conventional yellow "cartridge" brass. YHR-666N is made of a silver-colored alloy known variously as nickel silver & German silver, which contains zero actual silver -- basically it's just a whitish brass.) I think I figured out why the Yamaha brain trust decided to quit making them. It could have gone something like this: One day, a product manager rushes into the Yamaha executive suite with some devastating news. "Sir, we have a big problem with our French horn line."

"Oh?" says the Yamaha bigwig. "What kind of problem?"

"Well, sir, it turns out our intermediate-grade student step-up model horn plays better, sounds better, & has better intonation than our top-line professional model horn. What are we going to do?"

"Only 1 thing we can do."

"What's that, sir?"

"Immediately discontinue our intermediate-grade student step-up model horn. Got that?"

"Yes, sir."

. . . about Yamaha YHR-666.

Click here for what Tony Halstead says about that discontinued model.

Pretty much consistent with my conjecture, wouldn't you say ?

Lucky for me, I got my outstanding eBay Yamaha YHR-666N for way less than Tony is asking for his -- even though there is no doubt in my mind that his is worth every penny he's asking.

Tony Halstead's assessment of Yamaha YHR-666 eases the pain somewhat of getting taken to the cleaners the way I did when I sold off my unneeded customized Yamaha YHR-668N on eBay right after I bought the eBay YHR-666N.

Time heals all wounds, eh ?

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Sep 17, 2008

Too Rich For My Blood -- Way Too Rich.

OK, I like tricky horns as well as the next guy -- better, actually (but that's another story).

Even so, I can't fathom why anybody would pay $49,999+ for any horn, no matter how tricky & exquisite & rare.

-- hotlinked --

Seeing is believing -- click here to see the Fifty Grand Horn right there on eBay.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

Passepartout · Sep 18, 2008

AwayWeGo said:
-- hotlinked --

Seeing is believing -- click here to see the Fifty Grand Horn right there on eBay.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

DW tells me the Alexander is a pretty good horn, but she's still fond of her dull, unvarnished Paxman.

Jim Ricks

AwayWeGo · Sep 18, 2008

Or As It's Called Using Gender-Inclusive Language . . .

Passepartout said:
DW tells me the Alexander is a pretty good horn, but she's still fond of her dull, unvarnished Paxman.

. . . Paxperson.

( Not that there's anything wrong with that. )

At band practice tonight, the horns being played in the section were 1 Conn 8D & 1 Atkinson & 1 Lawson 804 & 1 Yamaha YHR-666N & 2 Holton Farkas models -- no Alexanders & no Paxpeople.

( Not that there's anything wrong with that either. )

All the horns mentioned above were all shiny -- factory-polished & varnished in a clear lacquer except for the unlacquered Atkinson. The Atkinson & the Lawson are screwbell horns.

In fact, 1 of the Holton Farkas players had just picked up her 25-year-old fixed-bell horn from the workshop of a custom brass instrument technician who took out all the dents & dings (there weren't many) & repolished & relacquered the horn so it looks & plays like new, then packed it in a brand-new OEM hardshell carrying case.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Sep 22, 2008

Destroyed eBay Horn Is Now Un-Destroyed.

Click here for the rest of the story.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Feb 5, 2009

Shux, I Thought You Were Kidding.

Steamboat Bill said:
Thre real question - is it a PINK horn?

-- hotlinked --

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Feb 24, 2009

Cool Horn Photos. (Cool Horn, That Is -- Not Cool Photos.)

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Feb 24, 2009

More Photos Of Cool Horn.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Sep 14, 2009

Tough-Luck Amati Is Back & On Craig's List.

AwayWeGo said:
Meanwhile, that tough-luck eBay Amati double horn will be coming back from the shop 1 of these days, so that will be 1 more to debate keeping or selling. (I'm starting out with the idea I'll sell it -- but 1 never know, do 1 ?

The tough-luck Amati came back from the shop looking great, but unfortunately not playing all that well -- stuffy, pitches not centering, hard to play, almost like something was jammed inside.

The instrument technician who put it all back together -- & added some outstanding custom features while he was at it (detachable screw bell flare, silver USA dimes on the 1-2-3 valve levers) -- had another go at it, making sure all the valve-stops were properly aligned so that the valves open fully in the up position & close fully in the down position, & re-checking for any hidden blockages in the various turns & bends.

Whatever he did pretty much took care of the problem. So today I photographed the Amati & put it on Craig's List, right along with a near-new but unloved no-name horn that I put on Craig's List last week.

A solid & good-playing ugly duckling of a horn that I put on Craig's List the previous week actually sold after just a couple of days. Unfortunately I'm not getting many calls -- as in none so far -- from people interested in the Amati & the no-name. So it goes.

Meanwhile, somebody on Capitol Hill recently was offering on Craig's List a rare Yamaha YHR-666N like mine, for a bit less than I paid for mine on eBay. I made contact with the seller & would have made a lowball offer -- even though I need another YHR-666N like a frog needs a hair net --- but fortunately somebody came along & bought it before I could arrange to go see it.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Nov 11, 2009

Snagged Another Horn On eBay, Then 1 More Next Day On Craig's List.

The Chief Of Staff already knows about the Craig's List horn -- a nice but semi-battered Yamaha YHR-321 4-valve single horn in B-flat -- because she went with me to go pick it up from the seller over in Arlington VA down by the Ballston Metro station.

She does not know about the eBay horn, however -- a newish Holton 3-valve single horn in B-flat that I did not expect to win -- because I haven't figured out the most diplomatic way of couching the news.

The eBay Holton counts as another "accidental" horn. My bid was just a tiny tad over the minimum opening amount. But there were no other bidders all week, so my paltry bid held up & when the auction ended I "won" the horn. So it goes.

In the past, I have bought & flipped plenty of single B-flat horns -- some Conns, a 4-valve King, some Oldses, a 4-valve Chinese no-name horn, a Mirafone, & 1 Austrian-made horn labeled Zalzer. The Conns played well & I liked them. The others played OK but nothing special.

With these latest acquisitions, I will be going from Zero B-flat horns back up to 2. The Yamaha is already in the hands of a professional brass instrument technician for dent repair & minor customizing (silver dimes being soldered onto the 1-2-3 valve levers). The Holton is on a truck somewhere between Detroit & here on its way to me. I'm sure I'll figure out what to tell The Chief Of Staff before the box it's in lands on our doorstep.

This morning I was outbid during the closing hours of an eBay auction for another Olds single B-flat horn that was going cheap because it needed repairs. I might have upped my bid if I had not already won the eBay Holton & sprung for the Craig's List Yamaha. As it is, it's a blessing the Olds will be going to somebody else. However that may be, I don't expect The Chief Of Staff to cut me any slack on the Yamaha & the Holton just because I got outbid on the Olds. We'll see, eh ?

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Nov 12, 2009

Confession Is Good For The Soul.

I came clean with The Chief Of Staff about the eBay Holton Bb horn I bought "accidentally." In her kind & understanding way she was OK with it.

She mainly wanted to know what I'm going to do with it -- i.e., play it on the 1 hand or flip it on the other hand.

The honest answer is That Depends -- i.e., on how well it plays, how well I like playing it, how it stacks up against the Craig's List Yamaha when that comes back from the shop. etc.

I mean, I might add 1 single Bb horn to my inventory of keepers, but it's unlikely I'll keep 2.

We'll see, eh ?

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Nov 12, 2009

eBay Holton H-650.

eBay Holton Bb horn was delivered today, in reasonably decent condition -- only a few dents (minor), no stuck slides, valves work OK, & horn appears playable. (I"ll stick a mouthpiece in it & pucker up & blow it later.) It appears to be a Holton H-650 -- not that I am well versed (or versed at all) in Holton model numbers.

Only problem right out of the box is that the horn was packed in a gig bag whose black padded lining looks OK but sheds rubbery dust & dirt that I got on my hands & that was all over the horn. I had to put the horn in the laundry tub & -- literally -- hose it down to get the grime out of all the nooks & crannies.

After drying off the horn, I could see that even the finish is pretty good. I guess I'll have to throw out the gig bag if I can't find some way to seal or cover the lining so it no longer sheds black rubbery particles. Just 1 more reason to shun gig bags ("dent bags") for carrying musical instruments.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Nov 30, 2009

Craig's List Yamaha YHR-321 Is Back Home After Repairs.

Just picked it up Sunday. Looks great. All dents removed. All stuck slides loosened & moving smoothly after lubrication. All four -- 4 -- valves restrung correctly. FDR dimes -- silver (1964 & earlier) -- soldered onto the 1-2-3 valve levers.

Have not yet had an opportunity for serious practice with it. After a few sessions I expect to know whether it's a keeper.

-- hotlinked --

I have not yet photographed my Craig's List YHR-321. The photo above was shamelessly ripped off from Homeless Horns Dot Com. (I hope I won't get in too much trouble for that. We'll see, eh?)

Meanwhile, my recently acquired eBay Holton H-650 is in the shop for removal of minor dents, plus clean up & inspection, etc. -- plus addition of a set of silver Roosevelt dimes to its 1-2-3 valve levers. I dropped off the Holton when I picked up the Yamaha. Holton should be ready for pick-up after The Chief Of Staff & I come home from our December timeshare vacation in Florida.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

Bill4728 · Nov 30, 2009

So Alan,

Just how many horns do you have?

AwayWeGo · Nov 30, 2009

The Chief Of Staff Is Grateful That I Don't Collect Tubas.

Bill4728 said:
Just how many horns do you have?

In response to popular demand -- well, 2 or 3 people have asked at various times -- I decided I will fess up about the horns I've got around here.

At the moment, only 1 horn is surplus -- surplus as in unneeded & unloved & actually up for sale. As in, I'd like to get it out of here.

----> http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/msg/1482453879.html

Leading the list of non-surplus horns are my 3 absolute keepers that I've played frequently over the years in Fairfax Band & Potomac Brass & elsewhere -- my Lawson 804, my semi-rare Yamaha YHR-666N, & my Lawson-modified Alexander 103 (the horn my mother & dad gave me, new, in 1958 that I played in Virginia All-State Band that year in Roanoke VA).

I also have a truly oddball Josef Lidl (Brno) compensating double horn patterned after a 1920s-era Karl Lehmann (Berlin) design featuring single airways in the 1-2-3 valve rotors plus a sideways mounted 4-airway rotor that not only accomplishes the change between Bb & F, but that also forms the U-turn point of the tubing extensions off the 1-2-3 valves when horn is in Bb mode. I would have thought the Karl Lehmann design to be obselete, except that a recent Horn Call magazine features a full-page advertisement for a high-end triple horn featuring two -- 2 -- of those sideways-mounted 4-airway rotors. The claim in the ad is that their dual-compensating triple horn weighs less than a conventional double horn. (Isn't that special?) The real questions have more to do with sound & intonation, I'd say. In that regard, my Jos. Lidl horn (which is in pristine condition, BTW, a real beauty) plays flat no matter what I do. To my ear it's flat, anyway. Other than that, it is an outstanding horn.

I also have a plain-vanilla Conn single F horn, mainly used at Fairfax Band instrument petting zoo events for kids.

A notable recent addition to the bunch is a Buescher "valvectomy" natural horn -- an incomplete single F horn converted to "natural" by replacing what was left of the valve cluster with a piece of straight-through tubing of appropriate length. With the addition of an Eb slide (which I don't have), it might be good for playing Mozart. (Trying to, anyway.) I'm leaning toward offering the unnatural natural horn on eBay.

The single Bb horns -- Yamaha YHR-321 & Holton H-650 -- are already described on TUG-BBS.

I no longer have any compensating double horns, other than that oddball Lehmann-model horn by Jos. Lidl. The no-name copy of Alexander 102ST that I overpaid for (bigtime) is out of here. Lost my shirt on that. Ditto the customized Yamaha full double YHR-668N that I sold after I got the YHR-666N. I should have made big bux on that. Instead I got taken to the cleaners -- again. Go figure.

My losses on the Yamaha & the no-name together offset virtually all the modest gains realized from all the Bb single horns & various double horns that I flipped since the advent of eBay -- all the Conn 6Ds, the Amati CHR-343s, the Conn 8D with bad valves, the Kings, the Buescher 6D copy, the Atkinson 8D copy, a Brasswind 28D copy, & others that I've no doubt forgotten -- including the amazing & unusual & semi-rare Selmer (Paris) full double horn that I bought via eBay & resold (to a Japanese collector) via eBay. At least I had fun -- not to mention all the gainful employment Bob Pallansch got taking out dents & soldering on dimes & adding water keys & screwbell rings, etc.

In the interests of Full Disclosure, I will mention also a Conn 6D I have that I borrowed from the EPA Hazardous Wind Ensemble. I have tried to return it, but they won't take it back. It is currently out on loan to a high school student.

That's my story & I'm sticking to it.

Thanks for asking.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

AwayWeGo · Dec 15, 2009

Holton H-650 Update.

The instrument repair technician called while I was away timesharing in Florida to let me know the Holton H-650 repairs were completed. Even though we got home Saturday night, I didn't get round to picking up the horn & paying my repair bill ($45) till this morning.

The horn looks & plays great -- could be a keeper, although if I keep the Holton H-650 then I'm flipping the Yamaha YHR-321 (& vice versa).

As usual, it's an embarrassment of riches around here.

-- hotlinked --

The picture is a stock photo hotlinked from an internet music store's web site. That will have to do till I get round to taking pictures of my own -- not that there's anything wrong with hotlinking pictures. (Well, nothing wrong with it other than hijacking the bandwidth, I mean.)

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.

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