[Trombone-l] Used horns DJ Kennedy

[Roger Hecht]

He certainly treated me well. I bought a nice 8H from him and a very 
fair price. Tried another horn that I didn't care for and returned, 
no problem. I was looking for something rather unique in playing 
quality, and he did his best to accommodate me, explain what he had, 
didn't have, etc.


>John Noxon wrote:
> > In defense of DJ Kennedy I have to comment. Any horns needing repair he now
> > sends to Aaron Chandler at Kirkwood Music in Kirkwood MO. I used to do some
> > things for him if they were bought on the west coast. He does 
> quite a bit of
> > private sale items, at very reasonable prices. With outstanding quality. If
> > you want a beater he will sell you one, if you want an upper end 
> horn he has
> > it also.
> >
>
>I'll second John's endorsement. I've known dj (I keep it lowercase
>because daddy-o dj doesn't believe in caps :) ) for probably ten years
>and he either has or can broker everything from a rusty but still
>sweet-playing beater to a gold-plated sterling silver bell horn with
>engraving all the way to the mouthpiece, and his prices are very
>old-fashioned. (I think he's still around $400 for a midrange average
>condition 2B or 6H, maybe $500 nowadays...those were 'bay prices 7-8
>years ago and are outstandingly cheap by today's standards.)
>
>Michael Shoshani
>Chicago
>
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Roger Hecht