[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You'd probably be better off making it a art piece or a lamp or
something.......Old clarinets generally are not worth anything.
Never!
My first bassoon teacher had a floor lamp made from a 5-key bassoon. Even as
a high school student I immediately understood that this was wrong, and for
this and other reasons I only stayed w. him for a month or so.
Musical instruments are meant to be played. Period. If one of them is beyond
repair, then it should be discarded. Voilà tout. >>
Well I know a trombone player that has taken some old trombones and flattened
them to be sculptures around his yard; one is mounted as a weather-vane on
the roof. While they are not being used to their noble :-) purpose, some might
say
--they are still making an artistic statement
--legions of viola players' ears are that much more safe
--now the proof is there that trombones can actually reach an appropriate
ppp volume
A friend of mine had an old, nonfunctional trumpet made into a lamp.
The 2nd valve functions as the switch. Those *terrible* horns from
India (found on eBay) are ideal for this purpose, as they have a similar
shape to a real trumpet and are very shiny, buit will never sound good.
And the price is good, but the shipping cost is ridiculous.
cd
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