Posts made by barliman2001

In this rather macabre vein, I quote James Young Simpson who during an operation suddenly turned to the anesthesist, saying, "Dear colleague, I don't know how the patient is doing at your end, but he seems to be dead at mine."

Well, at least you need massive amounts of air moving through the trumpet to use spitballs.

A wife, being somewhat romantic, sends a text to her husband who's on a business trip:
"If you are sleeping, send me your dreams. If you are laughing, send me your smile. If you are eating, send me a bite. If you are drinking, send me a sip. If you are crying, send me your tears...I love you!"
The husband's reply?
"I'm on the toilet. Please advise."

@GeorgeB You might ask her nicely whether she could do something for you - she usually can.

Ok, as a background, you should know that I have had cataract operations on both eyes in 2014 and since then, my eyes can't change focus any more. Since then, I've had to work with four different pairs of glasses - one for reading closely, one for music reading, one for mid-range seeing (normal distances within the house) and one for outdoors and driving. Bit of a hassle carrying all that stuff around; and when playing music, I could only focus on the sheet music; the conductor was a dim figure somewhere in the distance.
A friend of mine is both a cornet and double bass player and an optician. She has now developed special musicians's glasses that are in effect six-strength varifocals... just got mine, and I am amazed. I can sit at my computer and write this, seeing a clear image of the screen, and I can look up and see the horrible amount of washing-up I still have to do, sharp as anything, in seven feet distance, and I can look out of the window and see clearly what the builders are doing in the yard, at 35 feet distance. And I have a sharp image of the house at the end of the street...
It's a fairly cheap process, considering a consultation will take one full day to adjust the focals to your special needs, and it can't be done but in Yorkshire. But it really is worth it.

The Magic Woman who does this?

Sheryl Doe
Allegro Opticals
1-3 Station Street
Meltham, West Yorkshire HD9 5NX

www.allegrooptical.co.k

President Trump and the Archbishop of Canterbury are playing golf together. Rather frequently, the POTUS misses his putt and every time, he explains, "Darn! I missed!". The Archbishop reminds him of the commandment not to swear, telling him Heaven will record his actions and deal out fitting punishment. At the next hole, the POTUS misses a 2-inch putt: "Darn! I missed!" A dark cloud is gathering in the sky, and out of that cloud, a bolt of lightning hits the Archbishop, killing him instantly, Then, a voice is heard from the cloud: "Darn! I missed!"

Then it's "welcome back, old friend!"

@djeffers78 Welcome! I've got a feeling I know your nickname from the old TM days...

@grune said in Opinions on Valve Oils?:

@barliman2001
Age would not alter the elements, thus the sulphur would be present in old and new oil. Again, sulphur is highly corrosive to brass and toxic to humans. The presence of sulphur should be noted on the label.

As far as I know, any petroleum distillate contains a small amount of sulphur because this is a natural ingredient of crude oil.

Rowuk Hath Spoken.

Oils, when kept in the dark - as the paper box usually tells us - don't age for several years, that's why. If you keep them in the light - such as shop shelving for too long, they can suffer from exposure.

Until a very few years back, Bach did sell up to five different spring tensions (depending on model).

All valve oils can age, specially under the influence of light, and will then change their colour. THIS IS A SIGN THAT THIS OIL SHOULD NOT BE USED ANYMORE, according to trumpet makers Hermann Ganter (RIP) and Gerd Dowids. Your picture clearly shows a bottle of T3 that has aged for several years. Originally, it is crystal clear and without colour, as shown by this picture:
https://www.thomann.de/de/la_tromba_ag_t3_valve_oil_ultra_thin.htm

"Nurse, did you take blood from the guy in 243?" -
"Yes, Doctor, but I only got about ten pints. He's sleeping peacefully now."

"If music be the food of love, play on."
Twelfth Night

I'm just now enjoying the pleasure of being assistant deputy helper at the Gutenstein Master Classes (www.meisterklassen-gutenstein.com - my wife is Vice President of the show), and that entails a lot of ferrying people around: from Vienna to Gutenstein Village and back, fro and to the airport, shuttling people from their accommodation in the village to the rehearsal rooms and to the concert hall and so forth. Every master class lasts a week.
Today, I had the fun of ferrying three viola players back to Vienna. You should think that for informal master classes, you would have a small case, perhaps a suit hanger for concert dress and the instrument case. Not this lot. Every single one came with a big case, a small case, a backpack, two bags of groceries (for f...'s sake, it's an all-inclusive thing, with all meals included), the viola case (one even had two violas!)...handbags... little paper bags of souvenirs... I could not resist asking why they had that much luggage. I got a classic viola answer:
"Well, it might perhaps be snowing by the end of the week."
In Austria in July!!!

"Trumpet playing is singing, just without a sore throat."
Maurice André

More or less. It's less a comparator than an indicator.

Ever looked up the word "trumpery" in a dictionary?

Locked. Not loaded.