Posted by Mike on December 15, 2000 at 10:20:52:
In Reply to: Re: Re: old euphonium posted by Zack on December 14, 2000 at 22:34:23:
Hi Zack, if you won the auction, you are not "entitled" to buy it, you are OBLIGATED to! You got a good deal on a decent horn, and I'm sure you'll enjoy playing it. If you don't like it, after trying it out for a while, you should be able to sell it again here or on Ebay for about the same price, maybe even more. One piece of advice: when you get the horn the first thing you shoud do is wash it out with warm soapy water, inside and out. Some of those old horns have been sitting in an attic somewhere, who knows what could be growing in them?! A good anti-bacterial dish detergent will do the trick, and it will clean up the silver too without scratching it. Grease up the slides, oil the valves, and voilla!
Good luck with your new horn!
MF