Well, it was a bit quiet week for me…but the DR TOOT Repair Team, Taka and Daddy were very busy as usual. Taka finished working on the beaaaaauuuutiful silver plated Selmer Paris vintage alto sax Mark Vl the other day. It was made in 1955 (yes, vintage, vintage….a year older than Daddy!). The owner came in and collected it from us on Friday and he was quite surprised to see how it turned up. When the saxophone was brought in, it had not been played for a while and it was tarnished. Daddy polished very well by a machine and hands and it is soooo shinny now ! The owner tried it and it produced gorgeous sounds ! Taka used Pisoni Pro pads with metal resonators which resonated very well😸 Anyway, he was very happy and we were all happy too !
We welcomed some customers during the week and it was so busy on Saturday ! We saw new faces and familiar faces…One of customers was a family of a father and three children from North Shore. A son is a clarinet player who has done the Grade 6 and wanted to upgrade his clarinet. He tried a few clarinets and liked a pre-loved Yamaha Custom SEV clarinet - Zara and I heard beautiful sounds. He went home with his new clarinet and smile…we hope that it will bring him lots of joy and sweet memories, meow, meow, meow !😺😻😸
Daddy is not only busy with his work at the workshop but also he has been busy with playing a tuba. He had lots of rehearsals during the week nights and weekend…and gigs are coming up this coming weekend.
I guess lots of people are also busy with practising… it sounds very good. Stay warm and healthy…and Happy Tooting from the DR TOOT Team ! 😸
