Posted by Ed on August 05, 2000 at 23:15:13:
A couple weeks ago I asked here about stores in the Chicago area where I might find used tubas. (I'm from Canada but was going to be in the Chicago area.) A couple of people suggested the Brasswinds in South Bend, Indiana.
Good advice, I thought. I'd already been to the Brasswinds web site, and they list 21 used BBb tubas.
So now I'm here, in Elgin, just west of Chicago. Just to be sure, before spending 4 hours on the road down and 4 hours back, I phoned the Brasswinds and asked about their used BBbs. Answer: they didn't have ANY.
What about those 21 tubas on the website, I asked. Oh, that was 6 months ago, was the answer.
So they had 21 of them 6 months ago, but now I'm here to check them out, they have none. Sounds like a peculiar situation!!
Moral of the story: don't trust web sites, especially not the Brasswinds web site! :(
Ed