Re: [Harp-L] Does the little b mean flat?

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ROTFL !
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Balding 
  To: Rick In Davis ; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 4:02 PM
  Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Does the little b mean flat?


  What are the odds you would get TWO drummers on the phone?! :0)

  John Balding

  -----Original Message-----
  From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
  Behalf Of Rick In Davis
  Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:13 PM
  To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [Harp-L] Does the little b mean flat?

  I needed new Ab and Eb harps for a gig this weekend, so I phoned a major
  musical insturment retailer in the area and asked if they had Hohner
  SP20s or Golden Melodys in those keys.  The guy put me on hold for a
  couple minutes and then came back and asked me if the "little b" means
  flat.  I said, "Never mind" and hung up.
     
    I tried a different store, also a major regional retailer of musical
  instruments.  When I asked for the harps, the guy asked me EXACTLY the
  same question, in exactly the same vacuous tone.  I was stunned, but I
  needed the harps so I bought them anyway.
     
    Question:  Don't music instrument stores require some minimal level of
  competence in, you know, music from their employees?  I am accustomed to
  music store guys knowing next to nothing about harmonicas and blues, but
  this is a new low for me.

    
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