Due to various factors (including the hall being opened to homeless people for a month or two, as well as geographic factors, such as 3 hrs. r/t driving, just to go see if it's there, and if someone might let me in, etc...) I wasn't able to go attempt to retrieve it.
(Actually, it s a vintage K&M bassoon/bass clarinet stand, which offers really safe/sturdy support, YET "quick grab" - due to loose-fitting support.)
Last night was an all-cimbasso pops concert (playing behind a cover band doing oldies rock), and - when I showed up for the one 3-hr. rehearsal - the orchestra manager had already spotted it backstage, and set it up for me.
WHICH TENDS TO REINFORCE THE LIKELY TRUTH OF THE RELATED WIDELY-REPEATED PREMISE:
"If you leave a baritone horn in the back seat of a car with the doors unlocked, there's a risk that - when you return to your car - there may be two or three more baritone horns tossed in there with it.
bloke "ie: 'Who the hell wants a cimbasso stand...??' "
) became an "ANOTHER last-minute west-coast-based cover band performing '
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) gig.
