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i spend the day fixing trumpets and tubas. after closing i play mine loud enough to rattle the shelves.
brass repair tech in ann arbor, mostly dents and stuck valves. weekends are for the community band, where i play tuba, and yes, i carry it myself.
I geek out on
old lacquer. how the finish wears off usually tells me which decade a trumpet is from.
Best advice I ever ignored
never test a repaired horn indoors. sol has said it since my first week. i test every single one indoors.
The way to my heart
ask me one question about brass and let me answer the whole thing.
someone's euphonium, three dents out and one to go. then i get to test it, loudly.
concert by the river tonight. the geese stayed for the whole march, which is more than the trombones did.
