fcirkse

Hello all - I was invited here by the admin of TrumpetMaster after he found the Rudy Muck Information site I started last month.

To introduce myself, I am an avid collector, buyer, seller and brass repair/restorer having a one-person shop that deals mainly with internet customers. I also play a little.

I played all through school both trumpet and baritone and enjoyed some success in my junior year but had to drop out of band in my senior year to work. I was able to continue playing in the local drum & bugle corps for a couple of years. I didn't play again until the military when I played in D&B in bootcamp ( sure beat running drills and KP duty ).

Then I laid off for 30 years or so and decided to look for a horn to play on. My daughter had gotten my Martin Handcraft Dansant and wouldn't give it back so I had to go out and buy one and I started doing Ebay and other auction sites. I found a Dansant but along the way I found many others and now have way too many horns.

A few years back I met a custom horn maker who lives nearby and he showed me some of his skills so I bought tools and an ultrasonic machine and started working on horns -- mainly for students and myself. I started donating horns to the local school because they needed some for kids who couldn't afford horns ( that's how I got the Martin way back when ) and we started selling more and more. Well, now we have a nice business although it takes a lot more time than I thought.

Well, enough for me -- glad to join and hope to find time to visit more. If you get a chance, check out one of my new obsessions, the Rudy Muck site here:

Brian H. Smout

Welcome, Bienvenue, Hola, Salut - you'll find many good people here with experience, insight and a fund of knowledge. The site continues to improve all the time with some pretty amzing players and educators actively contributing to the mix. I'm sure you will enjoy it here.

Cheers,

Brian

Richard Oliver

Welcome! Hope you enjoy the site.

All the Best,

Richard Oliver

Tootsall

That's all we need.... another Ebay freak!

Really, glad you could join the party AND bring along some skills and reference material with you!

Solar Bell

Welcome!

Just don't Muck everything up here!

-cw-

administrator

Welcome! Glad you made it!