Honk

[bunrab]

I have just purchased one of these:
http://www.yanagisawasax.co.jp/en/baritone/901/
I keep wanting to call the brand name Yamaguchi, for some reason.

HONK!

In other news: we will be in Austin to pick up our Girl Scout cookies the week of Feb. 23-March 1. And all y'all whom we haven't seen yet, we'll try and get together with you this trip, OK?

Oh, and in other spending-related news, did I mention that last week, squirrel_magnet and I each got one of these:
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(We paid less for them. As usual, the devil is in the contract - what we'll pay out the nose monthly.) Anyway, on Saturday I made these for mine:

and the backs:


And just for the heck of it, here's an adorable hedgehog picture:

Comments

[nentikobe.livejournal.com]

That is the CUTEST hedgehog. He is absolutely gorgeous. I'm envious. Are they friendly?

We have a yanigasawa baritone sax in our inventory, and a Conn. I've been told the former is the best. Bari saxes are just great fun anyway.

Your craftyness is lovely.

Glad to see positive things.

[bunrab.livejournal.com]

Wow, a Yanagisawa is pretty high-end for a school horn! I'm sure that having it makes it easier for students to enjoy playing, though - I've always thought that a lot of the less-expensive "student" grade instruments from the usual suspects actually discourage students, because they are more difficult to play than better instruments are.

[nentikobe.livejournal.com]

Its in our community band inventory - I don't know how we came about having it, but being run by conductors and musicians - plus an arrangement with the local music store - it means we're very lucky to have some good stuff. We get lines on things, used or otherwise. We have a holton french horn that I just squirreled away to my student. We have 5 others, only 1 barely close to a holton. She's early, but I want her to try one of the best. I'm so glad that you said that, I was hoping I wasn't wrong to give her a good quality horn.

We've got several lovely tubas too. :)

In fact, the yanigasawa was just rented by a gentleman who's eyes lit up when I told him we had one for rent - if he was interested. I feel quite certain it went to a good home. :)