Subject: Trombone-l Digest, Vol 14, Issue 10 Date: Friday, March 10, 2006 12:00 PM From: trombone-l-request@maillists.samford.edu Reply-To: trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu To: Conversation: Trombone-l Digest, Vol 14, Issue 10 Send Trombone-l mailing list submissions to trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to trombone-l-request@maillists.samford.edu You can reach the person managing the list at trombone-l-owner@maillists.samford.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Trombone-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Trombone Recordings Sought (Retired Prof 55) 2. Trombone Recordings Sought for CD Release Correction (Retired Prof 55) 3. Re: List Spam (Mark Mohwinkel) 4. Re: Bell's Palsy (Mark Mohwinkel) 5. Re: Bell's Palsy (Charles De Paolo) 6. FW: Maryland Early Brass Festival (Wessner, John) 7. Wenger Practice Chairs? (Chris Waage) 8. Re: Bell's Palsy (Mark Mohwinkel) 9. Re: Bell's Palsy (Jeff Albert) 10. Getzen/Edwards and Shipping Policy (David Oliver) 11. Re: Bell's Palsy (Alisha Ard) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 13:06:03 -0500 From: Retired Prof 55 Subject: [Trombone-l] Trombone Recordings Sought To: TROMBONE-L@server5.SAMFORD.EDU Message-ID: <5F872AAE-AF97-11DA-8F1E-000A9594F836@suscom.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Emeritus Recordings is planning the fall 2006 release of a CD showcasing new music featuring the trombone in solo or chamber music or with a large ensemble. Performers and composers who would like to be considered for inclusion on this CD should submit their digital recording along with a brief biography of both composer and performers by July 1, 2006. We are looking for high quality performances of original compositions for trombone and piano, trombone ensemble, trombone featured in a chamber music setting, or trombone as a soloist with a large ensemble. The types of compositions we are seeking are modern works that are based in tonality and have a strong melodic sense. Emeritus Recordings is dedicated to investing its resources in promoting the music of talented composers and performers for the purpose of giving them greater exposure in a limited commercial market. We will incur all costs of production, promotion and distribution of the CD. Since our goal is exposure rather than profit, we are unable to pay royalties to either the performers or the composer. However, Emeritus Recordings will provide both the ensemble and composer with six complimentary CDs and additional CDs will be available for purchase at our cost. The selected recordings will be included along with compositions by Sy Brandon that have been recorded by Justin Clark, Peter Howell, and an ensemble from the Manhattan School of Music. Emeritus Recordings is a subsidiary of Co-op Press. We have distribution arrangements with retailers of instrument-specific CDs and use http://www.theorchard.com for distribution to general retail and digital music stores. We mail complimentary copies of our CDs to classical radio stations throughout the United States and submit our CDs for review in professional journals. Send materials to Emeritus Recordings, P.O. Box 204, Wrightsville PA 17368-0204. More information about Emeritus Recordings can be found at http://cooppress.hostrack.emeritus.html or e-mail cooppress@suscom.net. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 13:39:36 -0500 From: Retired Prof 55 Subject: [Trombone-l] Trombone Recordings Sought for CD Release Correction To: TROMBONE-L@server5.SAMFORD.EDU Message-ID: <0F3582CE-AF9C-11DA-8F1E-000A9594F836@suscom.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed We apologize for the additional post, but there was an error in the url for more information. The corrected announcement is below: Emeritus Recordings is planning the fall 2006 release of a CD showcasing new music featuring the trombone in solo or chamber music or with a large ensemble. Performers and composers who would like to be considered for inclusion on this CD should submit their digital recording along with a brief biography of both composer and performers by July 1, 2006. We are looking for high quality performances of original compositions for trombone and piano, trombone ensemble, trombone featured in a chamber music setting, or trombone as a soloist with a large ensemble. The types of compositions we are seeking are modern works that are based in tonality and have a strong melodic sense. Emeritus Recordings is dedicated to investing its resources in promoting the music of talented composers and performers for the purpose of giving them greater exposure in a limited commercial market. We will incur all costs of production, promotion and distribution of the CD. Since our goal is exposure rather than profit, we are unable to pay royalties to either the performers or the composer. However, Emeritus Recordings will provide both the ensemble and composer with six complimentary CDs and additional CDs will be available for purchase at our cost. The selected recordings will be included along with compositions by Sy Brandon that have been recorded by Justin Clark, Peter Howell, and an ensemble from the Manhattan School of Music. Emeritus Recordings is a subsidiary of Co-op Press. We have distribution arrangements with retailers of instrument-specific CDs and use http://www.theorchard.com for distribution to general retail and digital music stores. We mail complimentary copies of our CDs to classical radio stations throughout the United States and submit our CDs for review in professional journals. Send materials to Emeritus Recordings, P.O. Box 204, Wrightsville PA 17368-0204. More information about Emeritus Recordings can be found at http://cooppress.hostrack.net/emeritus.html or e-mail cooppress@suscom.net. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 11:11:12 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Mohwinkel Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] List Spam To: Trombone-L Message-ID: <20060309191112.36827.qmail@web52305.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 You have to keep in mind that spammers don't send their "opportunities" to interested parties. The key to spamming for dollars is to send to the largest number of addresses, no matter who or what. That way you have the best chance of getting someone to bite. Mark Mohwinkel Hudson, WI Bend in the River Big Band --- Keith Marr wrote: > Brian and the rest of the list. > > I know of at least one other list member in addition > to myself that is > receiving these spams. The intriguing thing is that > if you look at the > website listed under his signature there are > actually some quite interesting > pictures of old instruments. Unfortunately there is > no contact details on > the site and it's of a shambolic design. Does anyone > know how you could > contact someone knowing the URL? > > Why he/she thinks someone's going to shell out 2500 > euros ($2,987.75 or > ?1,714.70 at today's rate) on pieces of old piping, > which is what most of > the pictures are. He's wasting his time spamming > this list I would've > thought. > > Mearl, it's relatively easy to access archives using > Google. I've found I've > never had to use any passwords that way. If the > spammer knows some keywords > he can soon build up a list of trombonists. The > question is why he/she > thinks we might be interested in this junk. > > Cheers! > > Keith in Bb/F/D > Bass Trombone > St Albans Symphony Orchestra > Page Three Big Band > > ----- Original Message ----- > > >I keep getting these ads from France for an old > trombone for sale? It > >wasn't > > sent to the list address though. Is someone using > the trombone-l resources > > for spam? > > > _______________________________________________ > Trombone-l mailing list > Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu > http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 11:20:46 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Mohwinkel Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Bell's Palsy To: Roger Carmichael , Elizabeth Lewis , trombone-l@server5.samford.edu Message-ID: <20060309192046.11615.qmail@web52315.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I agree with Roger. My concern with having him try to "play through it" would be any bad habits he may acquire by trying to compensate. When I had it, I did play a little but I took, I think, the first month off. Luckily the band wasn't playing right then and I could afford to do it. Also, I wasn't just learning. Even then, I later found that I had been compensating for the lack of control on the one side and was still doing that after it passed. I'm only an amateur, but that's my experience and I think playing could cause a bunch of re-learning later on. Mark Mohwinkel Bend in the River Big Band Hudson, WI --- Roger Carmichael wrote: > Based on my experience with BP, the student will not > be able to play for at least a month, maybe more. > Even then, it will be difficult to have a good > embochure. It gradually comes back and in my case, > I was playing steady after 6-7 weeks. > > > Original Message----- > >From: Elizabeth Lewis > >Sent: Mar 9, 2006 12:33 AM > >To: trombone-l@server5.samford.edu > >Subject: [Trombone-l] Bell's Palsy > > > >Trombonelisters, > > > >Could anyone with experience with Bell's Palsy > share their insights? One of my students (around 13 > yrs old) came down with Bell's Palsy recently. His > doctor said he would recover in 2-8 wks. Is it > better to wait until everything thing feels > completely normal before trying to play? He's a > very promising student so I don't want him to get > overly frustrated with this. > > > >Thanks, > >Beth Lewis > > > > > > > > > >-- > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Search for businesses by name, location, or phone > number. -Lycos Yellow Pages > > > >http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Trombone-l mailing list > >Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu > >http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l > > _______________________________________________ > Trombone-l mailing list > Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu > http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 14:50:47 -0500 From: "Charles De Paolo" Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Bell's Palsy To: Message-ID: <01f101c643b2$c2a9b7a0$1e00a8c0@Road1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" What are the symptoms? How does one know one has contracted this disease? Is it obvious, or subtle to the point that it might be reasoned away as something else (like not practicing or just having a lousy setup to begin with)? --Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Mohwinkel To: Roger Carmichael ; Elizabeth Lewis ; trombone-l@server5.samford.edu Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 2:20 PM Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Bell's Palsy I agree with Roger. My concern with having him try to "play through it" would be any bad habits he may acquire by trying to compensate. When I had it, I did play a little but I took, I think, the first month off. Luckily the band wasn't playing right then and I could afford to do it. Also, I wasn't just learning. Even then, I later found that I had been compensating for the lack of control on the one side and was still doing that after it passed. I'm only an amateur, but that's my experience and I think playing could cause a bunch of re-learning later on. Mark Mohwinkel Bend in the River Big Band Hudson, WI --- Roger Carmichael wrote: > Based on my experience with BP, the student will not > be able to play for at least a month, maybe more. > Even then, it will be difficult to have a good > embochure. It gradually comes back and in my case, > I was playing steady after 6-7 weeks. > > > Original Message----- > >From: Elizabeth Lewis > >Sent: Mar 9, 2006 12:33 AM > >To: trombone-l@server5.samford.edu > >Subject: [Trombone-l] Bell's Palsy > > > >Trombonelisters, > > > >Could anyone with experience with Bell's Palsy > share their insights? One of my students (around 13 > yrs old) came down with Bell's Palsy recently. His > doctor said he would recover in 2-8 wks. Is it > better to wait until everything thing feels > completely normal before trying to play? He's a > very promising student so I don't want him to get > overly frustrated with this. > > > >Thanks, > >Beth Lewis > > > > > > > > > >-- > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Search for businesses by name, location, or phone > number. -Lycos Yellow Pages > > > >http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Trombone-l mailing list > >Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu > >http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l > > _______________________________________________ > Trombone-l mailing list > Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu > http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Trombone-l mailing list Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 22:23:25 -0500 From: "Wessner, John" Subject: [Trombone-l] FW: Maryland Early Brass Festival To: "TROMBONE-L \(E-mail\)" Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I'm sending this for a friend jw Maryland Early Brass Festival 8 will be held April 1st, 2006 at Goucher College in Towson, Md. Amateur and professional players of early brass instruments will meet for lectures, workshops, playing sessions, and the festival concert. This year's Ensemble in residence is Newberry's Victorian Cornet Band, which specializes in North American band music from the 1880s. Information is available at www.goucher.edu/earlybrass. ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:06:06 -0600 From: Chris Waage Subject: [Trombone-l] Wenger Practice Chairs? To: Trombone-L Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Does anyone know of a retailer who sells the Wenger practice chairs? I've tried Wenger's site, and they want you to work through one of their national sales reps, and I doubt they're going to be thrilled with selling just two chairs. Chris ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 14:25:48 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Mohwinkel Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Bell's Palsy To: Charles De Paolo , trombone-l@server5.samford.edu Message-ID: <20060309222548.81054.qmail@web52303.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 The symptoms vary somewhat, but I can provide info from my case. It's some many years ago, but I recall it coming on rather quickly. Basically, I lost muscle control and sensation of the left side of my face. A paralyzation if you will. I would smile with only the right side of the mouth, spoke a little thickly (only one side of tongue was controlled), used a straw to drink so as not to spill, etc. It is not a lot of fun and was very obvious to anyone to whom I would meet/speak with face to face. Trombone-wise, I stopped playing for a month and when I started again, I would try to compensate with the muscles on the right side of the face (by then I had some control on the left, but the right side was much stronger). Tonguing was a joke but I could start getting the lips in shape again. Causes are varied to unknown. Sometimes "it just happens". The good news: in my case, it's completely gone with no residual effect. The father of a friend of mine had it many years ago and retained a permanent "semi-paralysis" of half of his face. It got better but didn't go away. Obviously, it's very obvious! (sorry) Hope this helps, Mark Mohwinkel Bend in the River Big Band Hudson, WI --- Charles De Paolo wrote: > What are the symptoms? How does one know one has > contracted this disease? Is it obvious, or subtle > to the point that it might be reasoned away as > something else (like not practicing or just having a > lousy setup to begin with)? > > --Chuck > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark Mohwinkel > To: Roger Carmichael ; Elizabeth Lewis ; > trombone-l@server5.samford.edu > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 2:20 PM > Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Bell's Palsy > > > I agree with Roger. My concern with having him > try to > "play through it" would be any bad habits he may > acquire by trying to compensate. When I had it, I > did > play a little but I took, I think, the first month > off. Luckily the band wasn't playing right then > and I > could afford to do it. Also, I wasn't just > learning. > Even then, I later found that I had been > compensating > for the lack of control on the one side and was > still > doing that after it passed. I'm only an amateur, > but > that's my experience and I think playing could > cause a > bunch of re-learning later on. > > Mark Mohwinkel > Bend in the River Big Band > Hudson, WI > > --- Roger Carmichael wrote: > > > Based on my experience with BP, the student will > not > > be able to play for at least a month, maybe > more. > > Even then, it will be difficult to have a good > > embochure. It gradually comes back and in my > case, > > I was playing steady after 6-7 weeks. > > > > > > Original Message----- > > >From: Elizabeth Lewis > > >Sent: Mar 9, 2006 12:33 AM > > >To: trombone-l@server5.samford.edu > > >Subject: [Trombone-l] Bell's Palsy > > > > > >Trombonelisters, > > > > > >Could anyone with experience with Bell's Palsy > > share their insights? One of my students (around > 13 > > yrs old) came down with Bell's Palsy recently. > His > > doctor said he would recover in 2-8 wks. Is it > > better to wait until everything thing feels > > completely normal before trying to play? He's a > > very promising student so I don't want him to > get > > overly frustrated with this. > > > > > >Thanks, > > >Beth Lewis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > >_______________________________________________ > > > > > >Search for businesses by name, location, or > phone > > number. -Lycos Yellow Pages > > > > > > > >http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Trombone-l mailing list > > >Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu > > > > >http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Trombone-l mailing list > > Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu > > > > http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Trombone-l mailing list > Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu > > http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l > _______________________________________________ > Trombone-l mailing list > Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu > http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 22:26:45 -0600 From: Jeff Albert Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Bell's Palsy To: Mark Mohwinkel Cc: trombone-l@server5.samford.edu Message-ID: <5DF7F32C-AD67-48EF-9BF9-E96F8D8C1766@jeffalbert.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed I had a trumpet player friend that had it, and it came on almost over the course of a 3 hour gig. I was on the later of two gigs he had that day. he said his chops felt funny, but though he was just tired from the earlier gig. By the end of the night, he could hardly play. By the time he got to the doctor the next day, he couldn't move that side of his face. He later said it wasn't more than 12 hours for him, from thee first hint of it, until he felt paralyzed on that side. At first he was afraid he had had a stroke. he was back playing professionally in 4 or 5 weeks, but some of that was due to the fact that he was a professional musician with kids and couldn't afford to not work any longer than he had to. If cash flow hadn't been an issue, I think he would have taken 6 - 8 weeks to really feel fully back together. jeff On Mar 9, 2006, at 4:25 PM, Mark Mohwinkel wrote: > The symptoms vary somewhat, but I can provide info > from my case. It's some many years ago, but I recall > it coming on rather quickly. Basically, I lost muscle > control and sensation of the left side of my face. A > paralyzation if you will. I would smile with only the > right side of the mouth, spoke a little thickly (only > one side of tongue was controlled), used a straw to > drink so as not to spill, etc. > > It is not a lot of fun and was very obvious to anyone > to whom I would meet/speak with face to face. > Trombone-wise, I stopped playing for a month and when > I started again, I would try to compensate with the > muscles on the right side of the face (by then I had > some control on the left, but the right side was much > stronger). Tonguing was a joke but I could start > getting the lips in shape again. Causes are varied to > unknown. Sometimes "it just happens". The good news: > in my case, it's completely gone with no residual > effect. The father of a friend of mine had it many > years ago and retained a permanent "semi-paralysis" of > half of his face. It got better but didn't go away. > > Obviously, it's very obvious! (sorry) > > Hope this helps, > Mark Mohwinkel > Bend in the River Big Band > Hudson, WI > > > --- Charles De Paolo wrote: > >> What are the symptoms? How does one know one has >> contracted this disease? Is it obvious, or subtle >> to the point that it might be reasoned away as >> something else (like not practicing or just having a >> lousy setup to begin with)? >> >> --Chuck >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Mark Mohwinkel >> To: Roger Carmichael ; Elizabeth Lewis ; >> trombone-l@server5.samford.edu >> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 2:20 PM >> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Bell's Palsy >> >> >> I agree with Roger. My concern with having him >> try to >> "play through it" would be any bad habits he may >> acquire by trying to compensate. When I had it, I >> did >> play a little but I took, I think, the first month >> off. Luckily the band wasn't playing right then >> and I >> could afford to do it. Also, I wasn't just >> learning. >> Even then, I later found that I had been >> compensating >> for the lack of control on the one side and was >> still >> doing that after it passed. I'm only an amateur, >> but >> that's my experience and I think playing could >> cause a >> bunch of re-learning later on. >> >> Mark Mohwinkel >> Bend in the River Big Band >> Hudson, WI >> >> --- Roger Carmichael wrote: >> >>> Based on my experience with BP, the student will >> not >>> be able to play for at least a month, maybe >> more. >>> Even then, it will be difficult to have a good >>> embochure. It gradually comes back and in my >> case, >>> I was playing steady after 6-7 weeks. >>> >>> >>> Original Message----- >>>> From: Elizabeth Lewis >>>> Sent: Mar 9, 2006 12:33 AM >>>> To: trombone-l@server5.samford.edu >>>> Subject: [Trombone-l] Bell's Palsy >>>> >>>> Trombonelisters, >>>> >>>> Could anyone with experience with Bell's Palsy >>> share their insights? One of my students (around >> 13 >>> yrs old) came down with Bell's Palsy recently. >> His >>> doctor said he would recover in 2-8 wks. Is it >>> better to wait until everything thing feels >>> completely normal before trying to play? He's a >>> very promising student so I don't want him to >> get >>> overly frustrated with this. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Beth Lewis >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Search for businesses by name, location, or >> phone >>> number. -Lycos Yellow Pages >>>> >>> >> >> >> http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/ >> default.asp?SRC=lycos10 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Trombone-l mailing list >>>> Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu >>> >> >> >> http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Trombone-l mailing list >>> Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu >>> >> >> > http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l >>> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam >> protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Trombone-l mailing list >> Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu >> >> > http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l >> _______________________________________________ >> Trombone-l mailing list >> Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu >> > http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Trombone-l mailing list > Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu > http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l > > ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 23:41:21 -0700 From: "David Oliver" Subject: [Trombone-l] Getzen/Edwards and Shipping Policy To: Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I've meaning to relate to the list a little bit of a "gotcha" regarding a recent leadpipe order from Edwards. I may post it to the trombone.org forum as well (which I've finally seriously become a member of). 1. It might be a good idea to follow-up with Cathy at the main number after you've placed an order, no matter who it is with. I talked with Christan (definitely a busy guy) who took the leadpipe info, credit card info, and address, but after about two weeks I didn't get anything. I called Cathy and found out there was no record of the order. She took down everything again and I eventually got the leadpipe (see #2). 2. It is their official policy to ship anything over $50 in value as an "in person" signature release. I didn't know this however as it wasn't stated, and assumed that the $80 leadpipe would simply be left at my door by UPS, or worst case that I'd need to sign the little sticky note the night before. I'm not at home during the day and no one is there to get the door. I tried to still sign the sticky note, but the driver had to go by the shipper instructions. I didn't want to get it from the UPS terminal after a long drive at lunch (or have it shipped back), so I called Cathy. She could not change the signature release, but she could route it to my new work address where it could be signed for. I did get the leadpipe at work two days later or exactly 3 weeks after my initial call, and I must say that they packed it *very* well in an oversized, well padded box to make sure the leadpipe couldn't be damaged. I was expecting it to come in a much smaller box. This isn't a knock on Getzen/Edwards, but I'd like to make everyone aware of my experience. The stars were not aligned and it was a full moon. I honestly don't remember my $100 bullet brace also being a "in person" signature release, so maybe there has been a recent policy change. I'm looking forward to trying out the Conn 73H with the new leadpipe. David Oliver Broomfield, Colorado USA ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:24:57 +0300 From: Alisha Ard Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Bell's Palsy To: Elizabeth Lewis , trombone-l@server5.samford.edu Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r I came down with Bell's the first week in January, and was able to start playing again by the middle of February (approximately 6 weeks.) The treatments I tried were antibiotics (I had been under the weather for about three weeks before the Bell's hit, and I had a tonsil infection that was pretty obviously bacterial by that time), anti-virals, steroids (prednisone), and acupuncture. And lots of rest. As far as the recovery goes with the trombone, I just started playing as soon as I physically could, buzzing on the mouthpiece when trying to play was too discouraging, etc. I'm still working with a mirror trying to make sure I have a balance in the muscles now that the right side is working again because there was definitely some atrophy that I haven't quite remedied yet. My aperture has shifted to one side and I'm trying to get it centered again. By now I have recovered my full range, but not the endurance, and I still leak a little air on that side now and then. I definitely wouldn't wait - get playing as soon as you can. The longer you just wait, the longer those muscles have to weaken even more, giving you more work to do later. But what's the deal with Bell's palsy anyway? I seem to be hearing of so many cases lately! Is it somehow connected to Teflon? or fast food? Alisha ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Trombone-l mailing list Trombone-l@maillists.samford.edu http://maillists.samford.edu/mailman/listinfo/trombone-l End of Trombone-l Digest, Vol 14, Issue 10 ******************************************