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Re: Help!

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Subject: Re: Help!
From: "Clair Tomalin" <c.roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:37:54 +0100
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My husband broke his left shoulder a few years back (showing off to a
couple of friends' children, doing wheelies on a mountain bike -
unfortunately he forgot that his feet were strapped into toe grips, so when
the wheelie went wrong his shoulder took the fall ..... and all on
Christmas day!!).

Anyway, being very enthusiastic about playing his cornet, after returning
from hospital his first intention was to design some sort of device which
could hold the weight of the cornet for him.

Together with his engineering Father, they utilised a music stand some
plywood, padding and a couple of bolts.  The music stand gave the ability
of altering the height, and the plywood, padding and bolts were fixed onto
it and used to grip the valve cylinders of the cornet.

Although not as good as 'holding your own', it meant that he could practise
at home and then fold the contraption up and take it off to band rehearsal
.... maybe we should patent the design!!

In line with a recent thread about the non-pressure method, your
alternative could be to suspend your sop from the ceiling with a bit of
string!!!

Hope this helps.

CLAIR TOMALIN
Flugel
Clacton-on-Sea Co-Operative Band
E-Mail: c.roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ICQ#:  21868132

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