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Originally Posted by Vulgano Brother  I'm all for making lamps out of saxes and bonfires out of violas, but a trumpet-hey, no way! There might just be some young kid living in poverty in your town, however, who has always wanted to play the trumpet, but has given up on that dream because of the expense (like my dream of burning violas). Better than a lamp, anyway. |
The current plan is to break it in gently (i.e., playing it to practice using the ring and saddle), flushing it out and oiling it until the manufacturing dust or whatever it is is gone, then giving it to the school to hand on to somebody or to use as a loaner. If it isn't still generating debris a kid might have a better chance with the valves. It doesn't sound as bad as I first thought - I might change the description from "tinny" to "very bright." And it's really pretty - a dead-ringer for a Richard Smith design. (Don't they have design patents for trumpets?)