How mad should i be?

zackh411 · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 3:24 pm Post subject: How mad should i be?

Trumanjazzguy just put a dent in the bell of my pristine stomvi Vr2... How upset should i be?

Clarifications:
it was a total accident
nobody is really mad at anyone
it's not a really bad dent, and he offered to pay for it
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david mickley · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 3:30 pm Post subject:

if he pays to fix your horn, forgive him. life is to short to hold a grudge.
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musicalmason1 · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 3:37 pm Post subject:

Assuming you gave him permission to play/handle the horn...and assuming you didn't try to work it out with him before posting this...I think he should be madder at you than you him...accidents happen. If he refuses to make it right, then you should be mad. Is that the case? Has he refused to compensate for the damage?

VetPsychWars · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:39 pm Post subject:

Jerry · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:50 pm Post subject:

Be as mad as you care to for now. However, once a little time passes, forgive him.

The right thing is for him to pay to fix your horn.

crzytptman · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 5:11 pm Post subject:

About a month ago I was doing a gig with a long time horn section mate sax player. We have been friends for many years, and he is also my shooting buddy. We have played in many bands together, and done lots of recordings as well.

So, we're playing for a donors party at an art museum in Balboa Park. It's a very live room, and the only mics are for 2 vocalists. We both have big sounds, and are handling the space quite well. At the last minute, he decides to set up his hot spot. He starts frantically pulling cords out of his bag as we have about 5 minutes. He has his back to me, but then I hear a "thunk" and look down and see a big dent right above the oak tree on the bell of my Wild Thing. My friend had yanked a mic cord out of his bag with 2 feet of slack, and the xlr tip went straight for my bell! I couldn't believe it! I had to look at that thing the whole gig. Yes I was mad.

Flip did his best to take the dent out, but there's still a wrinkle. I have vintage horns that have character, and it doesn't bother me because I got them that way. Now my WT has character, and I have a story about my friend, who I still love. That's life! Horn still plays and sounds great.
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brassjunky · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 5:13 pm Post subject:

some form of excruciating torture would be best, after all he dinged your horn, maybe lock him in a cupboard with hairy spiders or when is not looking put some chewing gum down the bell of his horn.

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crzytptman · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 5:18 pm Post subject:

Wait for him to put his horn on the stand, then wipe a little tobasco on the mpc.
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LittleRusty · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 5:37 pm Post subject:

VetPsychWars · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 5:49 pm Post subject:

RandyTX · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 6:01 pm Post subject:

You have to ask? It's a trumpet forum.

LittleRusty · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 6:15 pm Post subject:

crzytptman · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 6:22 pm Post subject:

You could always roll up a booger and drop it down the mpc. That should get you a couple more years.

Gotta go . .
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Adam V · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 7:09 pm Post subject:

Why..?

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mchs3d · Veteran Member Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 460

My trumpets get dented and I don't know who does it. Oh well. It's just the way it is sometime.

INTJ · Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 8:21 pm Post subject:

Pete · Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 1:58 am Post subject:

You'll live. You are asking for advice on human interaction? Make your own judgement.

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Louise Finch · Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 4:29 am Post subject:

Hi

These things happen. Most of the time, you don't know who did it, and if the damage is smaller, don't notice it straight away (like when I clean my car, I notice small scrapes where people have kindly driven into it when parking, opened their door on it etc.).

If someone owned up and offered to pay, I'd take them up on the offer, showing them the cost of repairs upfront, so that they knew that I was only taking what it cost me to repair.

If they didn't offer, I would think that this was poor behaviour on their part, but I wouldn't ask for money, or name them on a public forum.

All the best

Lou
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chuck in ny · Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 5:10 am Post subject:

let it go. pay for the repairs and get the work done. it's straightforward. then you will see whether your friend pays up or not. if he doesn't, you have learned something.
it's a nice instrument. you have to play it and enjoy it. the friend, you may or may not need.
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davidkoch · Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 5:43 am Post subject:

Forgive him. Accidents happen.

How big is the dent? Pics?
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