LISTING PHOTOS Click photo to enlarge Page Views: 260 Date Added: 17/03/2010 Last Updated: 17/03/2010 Price: Free Description: Riiiiiight we have many instruments here for disposal - free to good homes there is a brief story behind these forgotton forlorn fiddles & trumpets - back in 1995 during a "practice session" on bognor regis's seafront bandstand, while the band were in "full chat" loudly playing the "boogie woogie stomp", the elderly rotting floor gave way entirely causing all the musicians to dissappear downwards in a cloud of dust - obviosly the number they were playing went all out of tune before failing completely only to be replaced by the sound of splintering wood, coughing & shouts of surprise by the players! fortunately no one was hurt just very surprised - many of the instruments sadly didn't fare so well.........4 fiddles snapped or crushed, 3 cornets obviously tarnished & dented a bit but still have the abilty to once again boast a gleaming horn with the right tlc applied to them! after the dust settled that morning we first located & rescued the conductors batten on our way to help the dazed & confused musicians from the gaping hole left after the collapse - most were all concerned about their instruments but we had to ensure their safety above all else & sadly some instruments got "trodden on" by us & others as we hauled everyone out! there is also a bass drum in fact an entire drumkit but the bass drum has a large hole in it where one of the helpers slipped & fell right through the drum - we will try & upload a few pics of whats left here & it's all free to a good home so call us! we forgot to add that after all the commotion on the prom we were amazed to find 5 "academic gowns" had just been thrown down in all the mayhem....these are offered free to good homes as part of this "lot" one is a bit mucky as it was used as a filter in our funnel used with our large pertol can to top up "the machine" just before the buyer squeezed lever & engaged the tines & took it away with a full tank of pertol - a good wash will i am sure render all gowns fit for a presentation at end of course if the candidate passes of course! As a bonus, we also have a quantity of soup ladles used for feeding the emergency services after the collapse, there are at leest 45 laydels they were just thrown down and the wagon ran over them, some are bent double some have been flattened but a lot are still useable i'd guess there are a good 35 laddles that would polish up like a new laidol, some still have signs of soup on them, I guess its tomater soup but I could be wrong, I am sure they had tomarter soup and vegitable as well, it was hungry work the conductor who we still see today recalls: one of the helpers who was dragging the band's tuba out accidentally knocked into him with the huge dented horn causing him to spill piping hot chicking soop all down his tunic! he had a headache for the rest of the day & now gives all tooba's a wide berth we would prefer emails as larst time we were bogged down with too many callers - however if you have no alternative: call Steaky or Allslopper on: 07954 909918 or 07818 816435 No Witheld Numbers anyone witholding numbers will be routed through to the "Pocketnoise System" you have been warned! W.S. Codd & Co take no responsibilty for the condition of above mentioned instruments - however many can be easily fixed! City: Littlehampton/Bognor County:   West Sussex Country:   United Kingdom Contact person:   Steaky Phone: 07818816435 Web-site: http:// View Map: Click Here to view E-mail: Reply to Ad

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