Apollo's Axes

tpetplyr · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 7:09 am Post subject:

is a music store I happened across while meandering about the web one day...It seems to have nice prices on decent instruments...anybody ever been there before?

http://store.yahoo.com/apollosaxes/trumpets.html

Stuart
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david johnson · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 1:06 pm Post subject:

yes, i'm considering a few purchases.

dj

trumpetmike · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 2:17 pm Post subject:

Hmm, the prices looked too good to be true, then I saw the make of some of them - Winston - these are someo of those instruments you see all the time on Ebay. Personally I would save the money and go for something a little more reliable and reputable.

david johnson · Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 12:09 am Post subject:

i was speaking only of bagpipes, celtic harp, etc....not brasses...

dj

[ This Message was edited by: david johnson on 2003-12-14 03:12 ]

trumpetmike · Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 1:17 am Post subject:

Bagpipes - and you admit to it??

The great conductor Sir Thomas Beecham was once asked, by a rather posh lady in London, what instrument her son should learn, noting that she didn't like the sound of beginner musicians.
His reply "Madam, without any doubt I recommend the bagpipes."
He then added "they sound just as bad when you have mastered them."

Have fun

(I'm just jealous - I tried playing these a while ago and couldn't get the airflow right at all)

bgwbold · Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 3:00 am Post subject:

My wife played bagpipes in high school so in her honor I will submit this bagpipe joke.

Question: Why are bagpipe players always walking?

Answer: To get away from the noise.