[TPIN] "Art" trumpet/lamp

[vglockwood at comcast.net]

    Having seen the various instruments hanging in restaurants, I can't imagine any of them getting anywhere near playability status without a lot of expense (could probably purchase a new horn even!)
    I think the fact that musical instruments in such establishments shows that music is just as important and mainstream as the various sports equipment that is also nailed up there with them.  
    Take the positive spin that the instruments could not have been used for any other purpose and would otherwise have been thrown in a trash heap (double yikes!) and are being used to expose the public (including kids) to music and perhaps spark a desire to own a "real" one!
- Gin

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From: Jeanne G Pocius <jgpocius at yahoo.com> 

> Sorry, Ellis, it touched off a sensitive nerve for me.... 
> 
> And I know that trumpeters as a group are among the most kind, caring and 
> generous folks in the music business.... 
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> But I really try to discourage using musical instruments for non-musical 
> purposes. 
> 
> I can't even stand walking into restaurants or antique shops and seeing 
> instruments NAILED into the walls as *decorations* many of which could have been 
> put to use for kids.... 
> 
> I get $ZERO budget to purchase and repair instruments for my kids, and every 
> year the number of needy kids rises....(used to be I needed to find maybe six or 
> seven instruments for kids who couldn't afford them, this year it was THIRTY 
> SEVEN!> change to spend on finding instruments at yard sales, want ads, or what have 
> you. 
> 
> And it's not likely to get better.... 
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> The sad thing is that those kids who get involved (even with a crappy instrument 
> that doesn't look great as long as it still plays) have a community to which 
> they'll belong for all of their school years at least. 
> 
> And the band kids don't seem to get involved with drinking and drugging like a 
> lot of the other cliques in school (thank goodness!). 
> 
> I guess what hurt was the idea of turning an instrument into a lamp *just for 
> fun* 
> 
> Instead of using a real instrument, why not create one out of papier machee, or 
> wire, or clay or something (still uses creative muscles, but then the actual 
> instrument could go to a kid). 
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> Like I said *just a thought* 
> 
> Take Care! 
> Jeanne 
> 
> Ellis Workman wrote: 
> Yikes Jeanne... 
> 
> Isn't that a variation of the "Eat the food on 
> your plate because kids are starving China" line? 
> 
> I don't think that there is a single one of us who 
> if personally aware such a needy and motivated child 
> wouldn't help him out. I have. My dad lost his job at 
> Studebaker when I was a kid, and my teacher "Mac Hall" 
> offered to continue teaching me for free. Dad was 
> to proud to accept such charity and I guess they worked 
> something out. I never forgot. 
> 
> -Ellis 
> 
> Jeanne Gabriel Pocius 
> Author of *Trumpeting By Nature, An Efficient Guide to Optimal Trumpet 
> Playing* 
> (Watch for Release Details, Coming Soon!) 
> (978)317-4731 
> Email: jgpocius at yahoo.com 
> http://abel.hive.no/oj/musikk/trompet/jeanne/ 
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