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Floating on Le Boat
I’m a lucky guy. I just spent a week with good friends on a canal boat in the Languedoc wine region in Southern France. Captain Matt steered us through lazy historic villages, under very tight bridges and through 32 locks. … Continue reading
Camp “I do”
I don’t camp much these days, but I did go to summer camp this year on the happy occasion of my daughter’s wedding. It was held at Four Echoes Girl Scout Camp outside of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, near the childhood … Continue reading
Music Medic
This week I had a nice visit at the shop from Curt Altarac of Music Medic and his musical colleague, Ada An from Hover Huayang Music in China. Music Medic is one of my main suppliers of pads, tools and … Continue reading
Wynton Marsalis at Castleton
The finale of my extraordinary birthday events this year was courtesy of May Miculus and Craig McPherson, our friends who live in the country outside Warrenton, VA. May has made a beautiful house and garden and Craig has a spectacular … Continue reading
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Follow me! (please)
I’m making a request to my friends and clients to take a moment to follow me on my website. Now that my new shop is open, it helps me increase the possibility that more people will find me. I currently … Continue reading
Birthday Wrap
I think I must have had about 5 birthday events this year. It was a big one, but I would never have expected all this hoopla. It started with the Flashback! party at the O Street Mansion (see previous post) … Continue reading
Birthday Hugs and Kisses
60 Hershey’s Hugs and Kisses, each one lovingly wrapped in a dollar bill and secured by a curly red, white and blue ribbon, arrived in the mail this week from my parents, Dave and Shirley. They are so precisely crafted … Continue reading
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French Horn Bell Cut
This is the kind of thing that keeps you up at night. It’s also a very cool project. Imagine taking a musician’s most prized possession and cutting in in half! A bit like the magician who cuts his wife in … Continue reading
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Tagged brass repair, French horn bell cut, french horn repaire, instrument repair
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Flashback!
Last weekend was a trip! Yolanda hosted a psychedelic 60s birthday party for me and our good friend, Marianne, at the O Street Mansion. The O is a trip in itself. It’s chock full of crazy memorbilia across several townhouses … Continue reading
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Jennie Takes a Bath
Now that I have your attention…! I worked with Jennie Johnson at Wally’s Music in Portland for 4 years. She was “the organizer” in our band of five repair techs, keeping the calendar and making spreadsheets for summer repairs (in … Continue reading
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