Posts made by barliman2001

@administrator said in Which picc?:

Well, since this is public now, I'll put in my input.

I think @ACB has a fairly reasonable policy. They are a for-profit business, and nothing really is "yours" until you have put all the money down. Some companies offer layaway for a portion of the sales price.

I'm sorry it didn't work for you, @barliman2001. Hopefully, you'll find a good horn of equal or greater value.

As for piccolo, if I had money for one, I'd go buy a Scherzer 8111 (Silver, with the left-hand tuning trigger) and call it a day.

Good idea, admin. If you had read all the posts, you would have seen that I HAD a Scherzer and have done with rotaries for ever. What I wanted was a reasonably non-expensive horn as an add-on to my main high trumpet, the Selmer G. In Europe, the moment a contract is agreed upon, the object in question is automatically reserved for a certain period or until payment is made. And I had made it quite clear that I was willing to pay, only due to differences in US and European payment modalities needed advice as to how to pay. And during that short interval (we're talking hours, not days) the horn was sold - even though I had got an e-mail that the horn was still in my online shopping cart. Oh well, shit happens. It's only a bit aggravating because I had now bid on a Getzen Eterna on e-bay, and was highest bidder at something like $1500, and during the last five minutes, while I was fast asleep (at four a.m. European time), someone sneaked in and won it... which leaves me with a definite date on which to use a picc - 25 January - and no picc in sight. Probably will have to transcribe all the music for the G and then work my way around all the sharps (in one piece it will land me with 6 sharps...)

"My mother-in-law used to live just a stone's throw away." -
"Why did she move?" -
"I think I hit her too often."

@Dr-GO said in SEASON'S GREETINGS:

Barliman2001, may you too have a Merry Merry. AND if you are in Dayton Ohio on the 24th, come join us in the one seat have left at the table. I am taking my entire wife's family (farmers) out to the Golden Lamb Inn (Oldest Inn in Ohio - 7 Presidents have slept there, and Sammuel Clemens) for Holiday Dinner. It's all on me.

Thank you, Gary, for that kind invitation. Unfortunately, Dayton is a bit far from Vienna (too far anyway for a short day trip by car!), otherwise I would take you up on that offer. We'll be cosily at home before a roaring fire, and on the 28th, all the family will turn up for a belated Christmas gathering and my famous Honey-Roast Duck with an Italian herb and chestnut filling, with red cabbage in wine and home-made potato dumplings - I've pre-ordered three plump ducks as we will be that many people! But as soon as I get myself back into some kind of physical shape, I'll be sitting on your doorstep.

Many of us will be very busy indeed during the last days before Christmas; so I take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy festive season, whether you celebrate Christmas, Chanukka, the Return of the Missing Asteroid, the Feast of the Burnt Turkey or the Feast of Nothing at all. May all of you return to tell us about how you spent your time, and whether you had a Good Time or a Bad Time. And should you have a bad time, please remember that here on TB, at least one Global Moderator will be on duty, listening to your concerns and ready with advice if wanted or needed. Bye, 2019.

A Catholic priest, a Lutheran parson and a Rabbi were discussing how to handle the distribution of the collection between themselves and the Lord (as the priest put it). He said, "I always draw a circle around me, throw all the money in the air, and I keep what's outside the circle." - "Good method," says the Lutheran. "I use it myself. But I keep everything that's inside the circle." - "Why draw circles?", says the Rabbi. "The Good Lord is all-powerful, he does not need such puny devices. For me, it's quite simple. I throw all the money up to the Lord, and He returns to me whatever He deems appropriate for my needs."

Another parson, before handing round the collection basket, told the congregation, "By this time, I'm well set up in buttons, can you provide some needles and thread today?"

When the plate was handed round, a Scottish parson said, "Well, I don't mind you putting in buttons - but please provide your own buttons and don't tear them off the pew cushions!"

There is a Heaven for old and decrepit dollar bills... When a one-dollar bill and a fiver came there, they were admitted instantly. Then, a 100 dollar bill arrived at the gate, the Guardian Angel told it, "You can't come in here - I never saw you in Church!"

@Dr-GO On the brink... hovering...

Last week, I lost nine pounds.
Luckily, I found them again in the cookie jar.

A guy is travelling in a taxi and wants the driver to stop at a KFCs. So he taps the driver on the shoulder. The cabman brakes the taxi hard, jumps out of the cab and runs away, screaming. After about five minutes, the cabbie returns, shamefaced, and explains: "You know, sir, I'm only helping out a friend. My day job is driving the coroner's van..."

A guy is lying in a hospital ward. In comes a man in a white coat and starts fiddling about with a measuring tape. "Wh-why a-are you m-m-measuring me, Doctor?" the patient asks, faintly. - "Doctor? I'm not the doctor, I'm the joiner..."

A man wakes up from a long coma. His wife takes off her widow's weeds and remarks, "There's no relying on men."

An English Bulldog is visiting his friend, a dachshund. The latter is at an upstairs window.
The Bulldog says, "Why don't you come down and have some fun at the doggie park?" -
"I'm locked in." -
"Och, just jump down." -
"Oh really? so that I look like you??"

Just had a very disappointing experience with ACB. I had already put a John Packer picc (shop demo, at half price) into my online cart and had by e-mail declared that I wanted it and was just discussing with them how to handle the transfer of funds from Europe when they sent me an e-mail saying, sorry, the horn was just sold at a trade show, and would I want their beginners' picc, the ACB Doubler, instead?

Trent Austin, I respect you as a musician; but as a business man, this kind of going back on a sale already agreed upon would get you banned in Europe.

@Niner said in A little humour:

I repeated a joke that drew a lot of likes on the on the old board and apparently it was deleted. I guess it must have been judged too much for this board.

If I remember correctly, it was deemed dubious at least on TM. Repeating it just drew additional fire.

@SSmith1226 said in A different Christmas Tune...:

@barliman2001
I figured that they made it custom for him since it was not an option on their web site and he was one of their “Artists”.

Still, they could have made it more stylish.

@SSmith1226 said in A different Christmas Tune...:

@barliman2001
That is quite an echo trumpet contraption that he has.

Specially made for him by Thein. Awkward looking beast. The old echo cornets were much more elegant.