{"id":20748,"date":"2010-08-13T09:37:12","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T16:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=20748"},"modified":"2010-08-16T10:12:43","modified_gmt":"2010-08-16T17:12:43","slug":"my-name-is-not-layne-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2010\/my-name-is-not-layne-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"Sax Repairs By Layne Francis: But I Am Not Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am not Layne Francis. My name is Helen Kahlke, and although I know Layne, and highly recommend him for your horn repairs, I am not him! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

I just wanted to clear this up, because even though there are nearly 200 pages on my main site, and at this point over 800 published articles on this blog, and Layne’s name only appears on 1 page of my site<\/a>\u20142 counting this one now\u2014I get at least 1 email a month from people who think\u00a0I am Layne Francis, and that this site belongs to him.<\/p>\n

Sometimes these emails tell me that they need horn X repaired before their show or concert on a particular date. Other\u00a0times I get emails from school teachers\u00a0who want to drop off 75\u00a0horns and want to know would\u00a0Tuesday work. Still other emails\u00a0are requests for particular types of used saxophones.\u00a0I dutifully write all these people back telling them that I’m not Layne. I generally never hear back or get a thanks from anyone.<\/p>\n

I did not have a chance to visit Layne before I moved from the Maritimes, so I did not say goodbye to him. Everything was rather crazy in those last 2 months of packing up a house and moving from the East to the West Coast.<\/p>\n

Since moving back to BC in 2004, I had heard rumours that Layne had moved from the Halifax region to Chester, but I had not spoken to him. I have looked him up on Canada 411, and provided a phone number in my email replies suggesting that\u00a0people try it and see if it was indeed the correct Layne Francis. However,\u00a0I never knew for certain if I was telling people to call the correct man.<\/p>\n

Then a couple of days ago I received yet another email mistaking me for Layne, and I thought I really need to check this number before I give it out again. Otherwise there is likely to be a really pissed off person in Nova Scotia wondering why all these people are calling about their saxophones!<\/p>\n

So yesterday morning I called a\u00a0number in Chester, Nova Scotia that was listed as belonging to Layne Francis. Well I had indeed been giving out the correct number all along.<\/p>\n

It was very nice to talk to both him and his wife again. Yes, Layne is still doing horn repairs. His wife informed me that they still have miniature dachshunds. Currently they have 5\u2014check out the picture of Layne, one of his dogs, and my bass<\/a> to see the humour in this.<\/p>\n

So, if you’re looking for Layne Francis because you’re looking for a saxophone\u2014he was always my go to guy for that\u2014or because you need your horn(s) fixed, give the man a call.<\/p>\n

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And no, Layne has not entered\u00a0the technological age. He does not have a website, or email either. Just pretend it’s the 1990s, and pick up a phone. \ud83d\ude2f\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/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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