{"id":19442,"date":"2010-05-30T09:19:41","date_gmt":"2010-05-30T16:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=19442"},"modified":"2010-05-30T09:19:41","modified_gmt":"2010-05-30T16:19:41","slug":"now-thats-just-a-brilliant-idea-not-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2010\/now-thats-just-a-brilliant-idea-not-really\/","title":{"rendered":"Now That’s Just A Brilliant Idea… Not Really"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever since my mom passed away in December, I’ve been faced with the rather gargantuan\u00a0task of dealing with her house, and all of its\u00a0contents. You see when my mom passed away, she was still living in the house that she and my dad built 30 years earlier. It is a beautiful home on a gorgeous view lot, overlooking the area’s volcano.<\/p>\n

Although I too live in a house with a similar view, my house isn’t as big; it’s about 1000 sq. ft. less in size.\u00a0I also don’t have the emotional connection to it that I do to the family home\u2014which is how I see my mom’s\u00a0house.<\/p>\n

Sometime in the next\u00a0year I’ll be moving\u00a0to my mom’s\u00a0former home. There are a\u00a0number of changes that I have to make to it\u00a0however. One of them involves my studio. The room that I’m\u00a0going to use for that purpose\u00a0needs to\u00a0be updated, and have a natural gas fire place installed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Because the room has very little natural light compared to the one I have now,\u00a0I\u00a0was looking for lighting options that would also\u00a0update my\u00a0new studio. I have always liked the idea of converting\u00a0an old beat up student horn into a lamp, so I checked out eBay to see if I could find something there that\u00a0would inspire me.<\/p>\n

Well inspiration was not hard to come by. I happened across this lamp made\u00a0out of a\u00a0Lafayette soprano sax<\/a>, and mounted on a wood and onyx base.<\/p>\n

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Ever since I developed my neuro problem 3\u00bd years ago, I can’t play soprano anymore. There is just too much resistance and therefore back pressure to my head. Playing one literally makes my head hurt. The effect is the same regardless if I play my Mark VI<\/a> or my Pan American curvy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now because I almost never used my Mark VI soprano anyway, I started to think that perhaps I should convert it into a lamp. I thought since it’s pretty darn minty, it would be nice and shiny, and be sure to be a conversation piece in my new studio. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

As I started to plan what kind of shade this lamp might have, I realized that it was almost time to take my drug cocktail for pain management.\u00a0After my pain settled, I realized my poor\u00a0Mark VI never hurt anyone\u2014at least not intentionally\u2014and really didn’t deserve to be turned into a lamp. \ud83d\ude2f<\/p>\n

So my minty Mark VI soprano is safe once again. However, I do like the idea of turning a soprano sax into a lamp. The\u00a0idea appeals to me on some sick level. \ud83d\ude08<\/p>\n

If you’re like me, and\u00a0you too would like to own your very own soprano sax table lamp, the Lafayette currently\u00a0on eBay is selling for $195.00. The auction ends on June 13.<\/p>\n

BTW, my Mark VI was never in any real danger. I’m not that over\/under medicated that I would sacrifice it. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

It has always been my contention that the only instruments that should be turned into lamps are P.O.S. student horns. There are loads of them out there. Just check out eBay, Kijiji, Craig’s List and the likes, and you will find more P.O.S. student horns than you ever knew existed. Buy one for under $100, and you’ve got the beginnings of a great lamp.<\/p>\n

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…this is just my blog<\/em>. <\/span> My \u201creal\u201d <\/b> website is<\/span> www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> If you\u2019re looking for <\/span> sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should check it out too.<\/span>There\u2019s lots<\/em> there! <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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