Again…my big sis, Zara forgot to do blog
last Sunday…definitely getting old !!! Anyway, as she did blog on Monday, it
was a short week, which made it much busier for us 😸
On Tuesday, everyone was back to
work…except Taka who had an extra day off. A long waited “made to order”
handmade pro model Briccialdi Flute has finally arrived safe and sound at DR
TOOT. It was a special order by a customer in Australia ! The other day, Taka
checked it over, set it up and tested it - What a sound !!! It is not only look gorgeous but also it has got warm tone and beauuuuutiful sound 😻 It will be tested by one of professional flutists in Auckland this
coming Tuesday….So, I guess Zara will be reporting about the testing !
On Wednesday, a lady visited us with her
daughter’s ABS clarinet. It needed a minor adjustment, so Taka repaired on the
spot. Then, she wanted to have a look at our pre-loved wooden clarinets. She
was impressed the clarinets we have in stock. Well, she left with a Yamaha
clarinet YCL450 for her daughter’s birthday present 🙀
Thursday morning, we saw the familiar face
from Hamilton. She visited us to collect her daughter’s flute and a brand new
Briccialdi flute ! They were here two weeks ago. This time, the mother was on
the way to airport to pick her daughter up, who came back from a trip to Japan.
We hope that she had a great time in Japan and will enjoy playing the new flute
!!!
Friday, another parcel arrived from Kanstul
in USA. It was supposed to arrive here on Monday but the flight was delayed in
Tahiti…Again, daddy could not wait to be delivered to us, so he went to airport
to collect it 😹 He came back with a big parcel - Zara and I were watching him to
unpack in the living room. There were a “made to order” post horn (another
special order from a customer in Auckland), a Kanstul 1570T Bb/F trombone with
Thayer Valve and two of the model 700 trumpets - all of them are handmade at
Kanstul’s factory…Amazing !!!
One of the trumpets was collected by a
lucky boy the next day. He visited us with his parents and sister. He was soooo
happy with the trumpet and promised with our daddy to look after it very well...good boy ! 😊
Last night, daddy played with West City
Concert Band. He was practicing during the day - we heard lots of noise… 😺 He told us that it was a full house and the gig went very well.
West City Concert Band is a very large band and won the top Gold award at the
New Zealand Concert Band Festival in September.
I should stop now...Hope that everyone had a relaxing and peaceful weekend 😸😸😸
