- - Please visit: Legacy Horn Experience - -
They call them “dent bags” for a reason.
Having crushed my own horn once long ago, Lisa Emrich’s story “My Horn, The Metal Taco” struck a chord. It chronicles her journey into graduate study with Myron Bloom and relates an incident with a fall and a gig bag.
After squishing my own horn in a gig bag, I invested in a much stronger Marcus Bonna case. I still use that case today for my Conn, and for my Yahama I always carry it in the original case. In hindsight I have learned that cheap gig bags are not worth the convenience and short-term savings over long-term repair bills.
Ms. Emrich, the author of the “metal taco” story, is a freelance musician in the Washington D.C. area who lives with and blogs about MS (Multiple Sclerosis). She chronicles her journey of discovery with MS beginning in the post “Eyes in the Back of My Head” at her “Brass and Ivory” blog.
Her “taco tale” lead me to go back to the beginning and read the complete story.
If you are looking for a truly inspirational story, don’t waste your valuable time and money reading a trashy (and by some accounts, semi-fictional) exposé like “Mozart in the Jungle;” Ms. Enrich’s blog is more poignant, well-written, and thought-provoking. She illustrates, among other things, that honesty and a touch of humor can overcome adversity, whether it be an unfortunate physical condition or an unfortunate situation like crushing your horn.
Photo credit: flickr.com/photos/jeremybrooks/2203237064/sizes/m/
