i CAN’T take my micro-tuba to the repair shop, because the repair shop (which was originally owned by my friend and musical instrument repair instructor, larry LARS) is being SHUT DOWN (which, actually, doesn’t really surprise me that much: lars’ wife is getting old and she doesn’t want to be running a music store, and i understand that) at the end of july…

sam, the repair guy, said he doesn’t know where he’s going to go next. 😠

and, while initially, i got a zing of adrenaline, i quickly realised that if i put my hat in the ring to fix woodwinds for local school districts, i would have to come out of retirement, end my SSDI payments, and get a whole crapload of bailee’s insurance, so people don’t sue me out of existence when i can’t fix their youngster’s “heirloom” bundy flute “which he inherited from his grandmother” 🙄

but, in the short term, i also don’t KNOW any working repair technicians — other than dan oberloh, who has his own special story — who i can call to pull my stuck tuning slides and have the instrument back to me before i have to leave for OCF.