Last week i smoothed dents and replaced the receiver for the D trumpet that used to belong to william vacchiano, and now belongs to marty barinbaum. Marty came to pick it up and brought in his very storied piccolo axe, the one he will be playing this week with the symphony.

I replaced the corks/felts for him, removed a dent from one of his connecting ports and silenced the springs for him.

He played in our back room for a while, as a treat and to make sure he felt comfortable with the horn.

It was an honor and frankly a boon for me to get to work on such great horns.

He let me keep the d’s mouthpiece receiver and i think i’m going to stretch it into a ring for my own personal totem.

I was proud to work with this great player, and to know that he had actually ‘heard’ of me!

With a reputation like that starting to blossom leaving vancouver is really really bittersweet.

oi vey!