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Terell Stafford Strikes the Right Note
After a difficult and divisive week for our country, it was a comforting respite to spend Veteran’s Day with one of the top big bands on the planet, the Airmen of Note. This was the third of their Heritage Series, … Continue reading
Roy Hargrove Returns & City of Angels
It was a crazy week two weeks ago. I was about to pick up my horn to play the beautiful trumpet solo in Alaura’s Theme in “City of Angels” when I see my phone lighting up and buzzing me. It turns out … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues Alley, brass repair, Catholic University, Catholic University Musical Theater, City of Angels, instrument modification, instrument repair, Jazz band, Monroe Street Market, Randy J Mueller, Roy Hargrove, Tom Pederson, trombone repair, trumpet repair, woodwind repair
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Head-Scratcher
Here’s one that really makes you wonder. A guy comes into the shop with his girlfirend’s horn. Seems she hasn’t played in a while and wants to get back at it. So I open the case to find…a chemistry experiment. … Continue reading
Chopteeth Afrofunk at Hamilton Live
Last night we joined a group of friends for some rockin’ Afrofunk big band fun. We almost missed it because it wasn’t on the calendar, or perhaps because we were still in a post-vacation haze. Yo was in her PJs … Continue reading
Coming Clean
I’ve seen a lot of dirty laundry in my time in the biz, along with a lot of dirty horns. It’s always amazed me that people who presumably wash their underwear rarely think of cleaning their horns. After all, we’re … Continue reading
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Tagged brass repair, instrument repair, Jazz, Randy J Mueller, trombone repair
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The Redskins’ Sousas
Not long ago I got a call from Santo, who plays Sousaphone in a local band called Crush Funk. It turns out he also plays in the Redskins marching band, one of only two professional marching bands in the country. … Continue reading
From C to Shining C
Jonathan Johnson, a fine symphonic trumpet player in Portland, OR, has been bringing his horns to me for 20 years. Now that I’m in DC, he sent his Bach C 229 bell 25H leadpipe horn across the country for a … Continue reading
Good Bones
Tim Dugen dropped by my shop about a week ago with a broken bone. Tim plays a Shires large bore trombone in The President’s Own US Marine Band. He came in to have a bell dent removed, but when I … Continue reading
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Tagged brass repair, instrument repair, trombone repair, trombones
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Trumpet Mash-up
Marcus brought this unfortunate horn into the shop, sheepishly explaining that he fell onto his trumpet while horsing around in the band room. This reinforces a couple of my repair tech principles: gig bags are dent bags and humans can … Continue reading
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Tagged brass repair, instrument repair, Randy J Mueller, trumpet repair
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