Hi folks,
Just found this forum (yes, really!), but after a few minutes of reading I see lots of familiar names turn up. So I suspect that part of the community here will know me from "elsewhere".
Brief history:
My name is Christine Derksen, born in New York from a Dutch father and an American (Michigan) mother. So half my family lives in Michigan (for the most part), the other half lives in the Netherlands, where I myself live too (we moved here when I was 4 years old).
Main interest of course is the Elkhart Conn company of which I have a website.
I have played the trumpet since I was 11 years, which is almost 27 years ago. Most of my playing was and still is in a (now two) community band.
Equipment: Played a 1964 Conn 15B Director for most of 25 years but my current main instrument is a 1948 22B New York Symphony. The website I have does have an "occupational hazard" of course ....
... about 8 of them, total. One of which is a currently unplayable project horn, one just in from eBay and now in the shop.
I will be putting the avatar I use on the other forums in here too in a few hours, I don't have it here right now.
Regards, Christine