All these tales are of players who have damaged their instruments accidentally, but a friend of mine (whose name, for his sake, I will withold) was anxious to lose his horn deliberately.
He had had the horn since our student days and was keen to replace it with something newer and better but cash was a problem. Part of the problem was that much of his cash was being spent on insurance for the said instrument and he saw in this his salvation. If the horn were to be stolen.......... First he left it in the theatre which is where he found it the following day undamaged. He left it on a car park only to chased by a helpful bystander who risked life and limb to stop him driving away without it. Several shop keepers followed suit as he left it on their premises and the plan would seem to be failing. He left it on full view on the back seat of his unlocked car, he left it in pubs, in theatres and anywhere else he though it might be picked by a thief but no thief co-operated. Not even the trombone section, normally masters at such things, managed to stand on it and do irreparable damage. Eventually he gave up and resigned himself to keeping the instrument for another twenty years and reluctantly phoned the insurance company to renew his policy. It was at this point that he discovered that his wife had failed to post the policy renewal the previous year and that the horn wasn't insured at all. Had his plan succeeded he would have had no horn and no money to buy a new one. He is still playing the same instrument and sounding as wonderful as always. Cheers, Lawrence -- Lawrenceyates.co.uk _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
