Good news about work. After having worked last weekend, we got a release candidate of our app done by lunchtime Monday. So now we\u2019re in QA and waiting to see if there are any bugs. Meanwhile the release date has been pushed back to mid-July because Abe our QA guy is expecting a baby any day now. Meanwhile, I\u2019m writing unit tests, which is something we\u2019ve always meant to do but never seem to have time for, but our Corporate Overlords have mandated it, so it\u2019s actually fun and cool, and will have lasting payoff in terms of the quality of our code.<\/p>\n
So I got to take a summer Friday this week, and dedicated it to catching up on random tasks. High on the list I have to have work done a couple of my horns, and needed to find a sax repair main. I used to repair horns myself, but I don\u2019t have any of the tools or supplies. So I\u2019ve been asking around, and one of the local music stores recommended Virgil Scott in Yonkers. So I went over there and it turns out he was great. I had him check out my alto, and he fixed it on the spot. The main thing was it needed a new cork on the neck, be he also spotted and fixed some minor leaks. Very friendly guy, and we got to talking. He hadn\u2019t seen a Selmer USA. He thought it was basically identical to a Mark VI, although I pointed out a few differences.<\/p>\n
Clearly he knows what he\u2019s doing, and he\u2019d even fixed Michael Brecker\u2019s horn. So its great to find a saxophone repairman. Next week in I\u2019m bringing in my tenor, which is a classic sax but in worse shape. It has some serious leaks in the lower stack. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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