| Re: Trumpet Mishaps
I had a similar thing happen in high school. I was going from the band room to the concert hall (read: cafeteria, they didn't build a decent hall until years after I graduated) and I was carrying my horn, a trumpet stand, music and mutes and when someone called my name, I turned around, everything slipped out of my hands and my horn landed straight on the mouthpiece. I caught it on the bounce (never something you want to think about your horn!) but the damage was done! I had a Curry(?) MegaSleeve on my mouthpiece, the mpc was jammed so far in that the sleeve was directly up against the reciever. Not only that...the leadpipe was shifted about an eigth of a inch do toward the bell and the second valve was frozen solid. Anyway, it got repaired and still worked and played just fine. I eventually had that horn converted to an Eb but it's been retired since for a few years since I got an actual Eb!
The only other "mishaps" I've had have been when I've loaned horns or mouthpieces to friends. They come back damaged EVERY TIME!
Jason.
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