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Oh my lord...I have a nice story for you all.

It was my first competition of the year (yay!) and I was putting my flute together when it slipped and the part where you attach the foot joint dented. xp Well, I managed to hammer it into shape. So, we get to the cometition...then, my clumsiness continues. I trip, fall, and the flute goes flying. It landed on rock hard cement. (And I nearly break my leg in the process) sweatdrop Luckily, nothing too serious happened...

That was about six monthes ago, and I have yet to fix my flute. 3nodding

EDIT: Oh, and today I dropped my flute three times....while I was playing! sweatdrop

the trombone next to me dropped his music off his stand while practicing so i reach over to help a fellow tromboneist and drop my trombone on the ground it made a loud clank and it was soooo embarresing i did it right in front of my boy friend redface ( heart who is a very hot trombone player heart ) he just looked at me and laughed cry

and on top of that i got a dent in the bell of my trombone crying

One time, the orchestra was sitting on the risers for a performance, and in our orchestra the clarinets sit in the back, on the top riser, and I put my clarinet down to buckle the strap on my shoe, wiggled the riser, and dropped my clarinet in between risers. The conductor started the orchestra about 3 seconds later, so I had to sit, looking stupid and not playing, for the entire 5 page piece.

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. . In the top two bands at our school, it's mandatory to have wooden Buffet clarinets...between 2500-4000 dollars, depending on where you buy them. They have lovely leather cases and all...and the guys in the clarinet section will slide them across the stage to their seats with as much force as the can. >.> Idiots.

But in our band, especially during marching, our top two BDs don't care how you hold your instrument, just keep it safe! O.O The newest band director came from a school which is more...military, or, as we like to say, nerdy, and so he's always asking us to put the instruments at parade rest and what not. The other directors glare at him because it always results in broken reeds and things.

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One time I was walking around with my alto (only held up by my neckstrap) my hook broke... I had a huge dent on the bellish part of my insturment.

mine happened when i was just being careless....i was tossing my clarinet into the air (not vary far) and catching it when my bff came over and scared me right as i was throughing it up in the air. i didn't catch it and it fell and broke. by the key holes. now i have a loner. it sucks....

I've always been very protective of my clarinet even though it's older than any other in the section and I bought it for $80..so that gives you a hint as to how great it is.. I've had three incidents in 4 years. The third year I had my clarinet, I was hurrying to assemble it and when I grabbed my mouthpiece it flipped out onto the floor and chipped very badly and I had to buy another one. Earlier this school year, the band was playing at the football game and we were winning which led to a LOT of playing.. The spit really started flowing and the lower half of my clarinet fell completely off and out of the stands. Luckily, nothing was broken and a Kruger kid ran down and got it for me. The third incident happened back in January when the band was playing for a basketball game. I put my clarinet behind me with my jacket and Hannah's clarinet. Someone from the flag corps.. (God, help me...) comes over to sit with the band and steps on my mouthpiece and breaks my ligature................SO aggravating. The flag corps aggravates me ALL the time. They aren't useful for anything. When it comes to the cheering section at our school it's BAND, SPECTATORS, ANNOUNCER, CHEERLEADERS, FLAG CORPS. Yeah..the flag corps is actually worse than the cheerleaders.. GRR. Anyway..it happens..accidents are inevitable.