Instrument acquisitions disorder, anyone?  At last count here, it was a
concertina, a bodhran , mandolin, gee-tar, tenor sax, alto sax,
tambourine, three dizi (Chinese bamboo flutes), three pennywhistles, a
bagpipe chanter, baby grand piano, Victorian pedal pump organ, and yes,
one banhu and one erhu.  Can I play any of them in public?  None of your
durn business. Fear is a clear instrument/galoot connection developing
here.   

Wondering why my voice recognition software always parses "galoot" as
either "pollute" or "the loot ".  You would think I mumble or something,

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Kasper [mailto:dragonlist@i...] 
> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 6:51 PM
> To: oldtools
> Cc: oldtools
> Subject: [oldtools] Re: hanging on by my fingertips
> 
> 
> On Monday, September 16, 2002, at 02:32 PM, Curiousart@a... wrote:
> > bill sez:
> >
> >> i play (in a very amateur fashion) saxophone, and have
> > always justified the continual pursuit and capture of vintage 
> > saxophones in the wild (along with their spoor, mouthpieces and
> > ephemera) with "well, i need one for practicing at home and one for 
> > practicing at work".
> >
> > Hooboy, as if you didn't have a problem before!
> >
> > For those who don't know, saxophonists are every bit as obsessively
> > geeky as
> > us galoots. They hang out on breaks endlessly discussing saxophone 
> > minutia,
> > putting every non saxophonist in earshot into a deep sleep. 
> They show 
> > each
> > other publicity photos of famous jazz saxophonists while shouting 
> > things like
> > "No, no, you idiot! Can't you see he's clearly using an Otto Link
> > mouthpiece?! *That's* how he gets his sound!" They even have the 
> > equivilent
> > of obsessive sole lapping where they will spend hours 
> flattening the 
> > spot
> > where the reed contacts the metal mouthpiece on a piece of 
> sandpaper 
> > fixed to
> > plate glass.
> >
> > Welcome to the list, you poor bahstid......
> 
> no, no, art, i'll be a poor bahstid in a few months, right?  
> remember, 
> i still don't have any stanley planes...lol.
> 
> as for the instrument obsession, i've suffered from GAS (Gear 
> Acquisition Syndrome) for the past five years, but recently 
> have gotten 
> it under control...really, i have.  no, i mean it, ok?  ok, well, 
> mostly under control.  ok, well, mostly just too busy, but given the 
> opportunity i POUNCE....sorry, sorry, *whew*.  trembling.  
> must go home 
> and search for a bonade tenor sax ligature on ebay...or 
> decide if that 
> buescher "new aristocrat" in silver is going to be my work alto...
> 
> actually, when i was also buying and selling vintage trumpets 
> and other 
> brasswinds for a local shop (and to make a bit of money for my habit, 
> er, my accumulative need) i ran into paddy odeen on the tpin 
> list, when 
> he was the original benge nut.  does he still hang out here?
> 
> rotc:  anyone can tell me if there's an ohio tools site that 
> shows the 
> older block planes?  i think i have one.  pictures soon.
> 
> bill
> santa cruz, ca
> 
> just say you'll call back later when i can talk about it.
> 
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