anyone ever dropped their instrument?!

i put my old sax on my stand the other week and went to have my tea, when i came back it was on the floor lol

luckily it wasnt damaged! it took me ages to find my ligature that had flown off!

oops!

my distant uncle relative person who plays sax, got a really expensive new one last year and he dropped it down the stairs!!! he was not happy! its costing about £400 to repair, but it might never be the same............................. hehe

We got our then 11yr old daughter a good violin just before Xmas 2003 & on New Year's Eve it slipped through her fingers as she was picking it up & "contacted the floor"! It split round the seam & had a soundpost crack & wasn't worth repairing. Oh & it wasn't covered by insurance & I think I felt like crying! All the instruments are insured now needless to say.

Whats worse than dropping your instrument is dropping it and not caring that you have dropped it. There's a violinist who I know that constantly drops either her violin or her bow, and she never cares!

she needs a good talking to!

That's true - I know she was really upset about the violin. Talking about dropping instruments I had a nightmare about dropping my new flute. In my dream the foot joint was completely bent & then I woke up in a real panic about it. Does that mean I'm going to drop my flute in the exam??

QUOTE (Andy-piano-flute @ Feb 18 2005, 09:29 PM)

Does that mean I'm going to drop my flute in the exam??

i hope not! i think the examiner might give you a funny look!!!

I hate to admit it, but i've dropped my instruments several times too! The worst thing though are the alto sax stands - my sax always seems so procariously (sp?) balanced on it.

I've had 2 really awful experiences when I was younger with my old B12 clarinet. The first was when I got the bell stuck on the lower joint, I pulled it apart with great force and it snapped! The other time my clarinet was happily standing on it's stand and the bookcase it was in front of completely collapsed and fell on it - Oops!!

QUOTE (Appassionata @ Feb 18 2005, 09:38 PM)

The worst thing though are the alto sax stands - my sax always seems so procariously (sp?) balanced on it.

i agree!!

i would probably cry if i dropped any of my instruments, and flinch about it for a month or three. Although I drop my mobile all the time and it doesnt really bother me. Theres just a kind of respect that musical instruments demand i suppose.

When I first got my £1000+ flute, I was terrified of taking it anywhere in case I dropped it and it broke. I am a little better now with it, but am still really careful with it.

im forever dropping my mobile, but my sax is more precious!!

I dropped my old flute once, but it was fine after a thorough check from our band conductor. My teacher once held his flute from the headjoint, and the body joint and the foot joint just slipped off and crashed to the floor, because he had greased it too much!

Oops!

i dented my trumpet - i didnt drop it - i knocked it against the piano i was using as a music stand during a page turn - it wasnt that bad so i didnt have it removed, im still scared of dropping the trumpet or even worse someone stealing it, its really expensive as all good instrauments are these days , im really worried about the insurance though as it is with the house - whether this covers it everywhere i dont know?!
i dont worry to much about my two cornets as they were in a bad condition when the bands gave them to me, so even though i try not to dent them it isnt as worrying as my trumpet

Ach, dont talk to me about droping instruments! I was forever dropping my old flute! Well not so much droping it as banging it off music stands and it goes without saying that it had a fair few bashes in it!!!!!!!!!!

JEN!!!!!! congratulations and celebrations!! xxx

Allianz cornhill do a very comprehensive reasonably priced musical instrument insurance. It covers things like theft from cars & accidental damage & there's no excess. It covers things like cups of coffee going over pianos! I think it's much better than the house insurance sort of cover.

QUOTE (Subatomic_Star @ Feb 18 2005, 10:00 PM)

My teacher once held his flute from the headjoint, and the body joint and the foot joint just slipped off and crashed to the floor, because he had greased it too much!

eeek! serves him right for greasing his flute - really bad idea.

lol

has anyone ever dropped their piano?

QUOTE (uberzoldat @ Feb 18 2005, 10:52 PM)

has anyone ever dropped their piano?

Um... I think you'd have to be a weight lifter for that...

lol yeah.

They dropped the grand piano at my school moving it onto or off of the stage. I didn't see the casualty but it literally took years to rebuild!

QUOTE (erard @ Feb 18 2005, 11:03 PM)

They dropped the grand piano at my school moving it onto or off of the stage. I didn't see the casualty but it literally took years to rebuild!

We had a digital piano thing at my old secondary school and for the concert rehersals the caretaker carried it down from the music room, and instead of taking it down the steps by reception he took it through the hall and dropped it off the end of the stage...

QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Feb 18 2005, 09:48 PM)

im forever dropping my mobile, but my sax is more precious!!

not to mention more expensive.

one of my teachers pupils dropped her sax and put a massive dent in it and then it wouldnt play

there was once i dropped the trombone slide from the double decker bed

Hi All....
Iv'e never dropped my piano yet......please don't apply to any cricket teams or net-ball teams..
Oooops Mike

QUOTE (Andy-piano-flute @ Feb 18 2005, 09:29 PM)

That's true - I know she was really upset about the violin. Talking about dropping instruments I had a nightmare about dropping my new flute. In my dream the foot joint was completely bent & then I woke up in a real panic about it. Does that mean I'm going to drop my flute in the exam??

No!



Amber
x

QUOTE

please don't apply to any cricket teams or net-ball teams

Hehe, I play netball, my catching/not dropping the ball is not always good!!

Once I put a cello in front of a book shelf in my music room, sideways on its ribs as you're supposed to put it. My mother was about to open the bookshelf, so she had to step over my cello (because the music room is really small for 1 table, a large 4 m long book shelf, 2 cellos, an upright piano and a Yamaha keyboard). Unfortunately she accidentaly kicked it and it turn over on its front side. The bridge broke, but I was able to glue it again. It wasn't my own cello, I borrowed it. I haven't returned it until now!

QUOTE (Amber @ Feb 19 2005, 09:52 AM)

QUOTE (Andy-piano-flute @ Feb 18 2005, 09:29 PM) Does that mean I'm going to drop my flute in the exam?? No! Amber x

Amber, you're lucky in a way - at least you can't accidentally drop your voice!

I have never (touch wood*) dropped any of my current instruments. I did once drop my first ever flute, fortunately the nickel ones are sturdy beasts and all it got was a minor scratch on the crown - pretty impressive from being dropped onto the stone floor of a church! However one of my friends did manage to tip my flute over when it was not as well balanced as I thought on its flute stand, and to this day it was a small dent which I believe can be fixed, but I have not got transport at the moment to take it to the repairman.








* that'd be my head then

When I am practicing, sometimes I turn round whilst playing and bang my flute into a wall/door...

QUOTE (nicki_flute @ Feb 19 2005, 10:22 AM)

When I am practicing, sometimes I turn round whilst playing and bang my flute into a wall/door...

I do that with my sax. its got a little dent on the front of the bell

I don't drop my clarinet but once the piece of metal that goes under your top three fingers just fell right off because it had become so loose. I woudln't have minded but it was mid-way through my grade 7 exam...

I always imagine I drop my violin. Sometimes I can almost hear the crack and "poiing" sound when a violin is dropped. I flinch when I imagine that.

QUOTE

I don't drop my clarinet but once the piece of metal that goes under your top three fingers just fell right off because it had become so loose. I woudln't have minded but it was mid-way through my grade 7 exam...

Oh dear, what did you do?

My old flute was full of dents, it never effected to sound quality at all , I have to confess though, most of them were my fault. My newer flute only has one dent, and I really have no idea where it came from, I try to be more careful with it!

Though to be honest, I don't have a good rep with instruments, I came very close to a nasty accident with an 100+ year old £25,000 cello, once...

QUOTE (tamsin @ Feb 19 2005, 07:31 PM)

Though to be honest, I don't have a good rep with instruments, I came very close to a nasty accident with an 100+ year old £25,000 cello, once...

Oh, dear. What happen ?

QUOTE (tamsin @ Feb 19 2005, 11:31 AM)

Though to be honest, I don't have a good rep with instruments, I came very close to a nasty accident with an 100+ year old £25,000 cello, once...

according to one of my teachers, any dents will affect tone quality, just that small ones won't affect it very much. but I'm no flute technician. also depends where the dent(s) is(are)

Erm... all over the place.

As for that infamous cello incident. Um, well, I was in the middle of a Christmas concert at the school, and all the instrumentalist were crammed into one tiny corner. I was in front of a celloist friend of mine, and her teacher, who is semi-professional and came along with hos rather expensive cello to help us out.

During the interval, I wandered off, and ran into a few friends of mine, hwo were involved in the drama. We got chatting, I forgot the time...

Anyway, when someone pointed out to me, that shouldn't I be back with what I will losely call the orchestra, I sprinted back to the main hall and literally threw myself into my seat. It shot back about a meter, and behind this said cello was lying on the floor. Fortnetly its owner wasn't back yet (no I had no need to run after all ).

I think I missed it by about 2"!

Oh dear, I am so glad you didn't break that cello! I bet you were so relieved when you found out it hadn't been touched!!

It wouldnt have been that bad because if you would have broken it you probably would have had a heart attack so you wouldnt have had to pay for it

When I first started playing the flute I dropped it all the time But have never dropped my new flute, and don't think I've ever dropped my Clarinet and have definatly not dropped my sax. I had a dream th eother night that someone threw my flute agaist a wall and borke it...I woke up crying!

I've dropped my clarinet lots. I did it the other day when I was holding it in between my legs trying to sort out music. I spent ages seeing if it was ok, which it was!

My friend dropped her tuba in the bath when she was washing it to get rid of some mould in the bottom! It had a huge dent in the bell! The head of music was not impressed, as it's not hers!

QUOTE (elmo @ Feb 19 2005, 02:20 PM)

I've dropped my clarinet lots. I did it the other day when I was holding it in between my legs trying to sort out music. I spent ages seeing if it was ok, which it was! !

disgraceful elmo! lol, i always hold it between my legs and it swings to the side and then i have to grab it quick before it falls!

hehe i can see you doing that.. well i did have a gituar and i dropped that everywhere whoops.

but i can't really drop my piano so i'm ok there hehe.

im always dropping my guitar- poor thing!

You play the gituar? i never kenw that.. i did but i gave up.. I'm thinking of starting it again and play for fun.. but i have to get some books from places.

the worst place to have your gituar is on a bus!!!! thats soo annoying its like the spot where i can drop it loads..!!

QUOTE (BabyBanana @ Feb 19 2005, 04:01 PM)

You play the gituar? i never kenw that..

play in very light terms. i can play about 2 tunes and 3 chords LOL

....there are plenty of things you dont know about me!