Like I said, it’s been pretty hot here. Summer arrived on
Friday, (December 1st), here in New Zealand. Daddy still speaks of
times when there was snow around near Christmas time, but that was in Canada.
Apparently, in Port Coquitlam, daddy’s home town, there is plenty of snow
about. According to Douglas Planidin and his 2 cats, Poco has been hit with an
unusual large amount of snow. Stay warm my fur brothers. At night time, Alfa
still insists to sleep near me. I am not happy as she is always so hot.
Another exciting week at DR TOOT’S. Three new flutes arrived
from Briccialdi Flutes in Italy Two intermediate models and one Professional
flute with all the bells and whistles on it. We also received two clarinets and
one oboe from Japan. One of the clarinets, a Buffet E11 AND Selmer USA Oboe,
sold within 24 hours after they arrived. Another Buffet clarinet E13 sold on Friday
afternoon. It is that crazy time of year
when the instruments start flying out of the shop and arrive into happy homes
all around New Zealand.
The repair shop has been a buzz of excitement. As Alfa
mentioned, many many instruments arrived here for servicing a week last Friday ago.
Some of the instruments, about 40 of them, had to be completed within a week as
they were needed for end of the year school concerts. This was an amazing
challenge for the team at DR TOOT. Yasu who has joined the team until early
February, experienced his first week in New Zealand with 34 instruments that he
personally had to take apart and clear for Masaru and Taka. Daddy did all the
brass instruments and cleaned them as well. Everybody at the end of the week
was exhausted and finished the Friday with drinks and a BBQ to welcome Yasu and
to relax at the end of a very hard week.
Well the sun is going down and my tummy is feeling a little
empty. Come on daddy. It’s dinner time. I see that Alfa is already at the food
dish. No surprises there….🙀
