[TPIN] RE: FS: Lawler Bb, Yamaha RGM Bb, Alexander Eb alto flugel, et

[Ron D'Angelo]

You ought to get a lot of bids on that Lawler if guys have ever played one.
The mouthpiece is a good deal as well for players that can use a Monette.  

I played one in 1990 or '91 at the IAJE in DC.  My Eastman co-lead player
Herb Smith and I were trying them out in the trade-show area - I had a B
flat and he was tooting on an E flat.  This quiet teenager with glasses
picks one up and starts blowing some of the smoothest bebop I've ever heard
on it.  Herb and I gave each other the "who the hell is that?" look and
stopped playing for a second.  

A couple hours later we looked down from the hotel lobby balcony on a
special concert with some young phenom, they said.  Randy Brecker was
sitting with Marv Stamm in the crowd, I remember.  Out walks the same kid
from the Lawler table out on stage and blows some serious horn.  It was Ryan
Kisor, who had recently won the Monk competition, I believe.  

At another point, a frequent TPIN contributor walked past the Marcinkiewicz
table where we were talking to Joe M.  In another corner an infamous
teacher/manufacturer (apparently good at both, but not as a player) was
demonstrating yet another gruesome, shreaky, out of tune high note to some
high school kids.  Joe asked the guy we know, "hey, (insert name), play us a
double C!"  The response was, "well, it's early and I haven't really warmed
up.  Besides, I don't really want to be one of those guys around here
that....does that."  It was probably funnier to be there, but still a great
moment.  I wonder if he'd remember that.  

D'