[Dixielandjazz] Instrument Preferences

[patcooke77 at yahoo.com]

"Werlins in New Orleans!   My, I miss that place."
 
Indeed!  I miss it, too.  I ued to work there as a teen, in the instrument repair department.  There was even a volin maker there.  I worked at the main store on Canal street, which is now a restaurant.  Then they opened the store on Decatur, and one in Metairie.  Now they are all closed.....They went out of business befoe the storm.  All the other music stores just sell guitars, drums, keyboards, and sound equipment..... Nary a brass or reed instrument.  Nowadays, the instrument repair business is all farmed out to individuals, and the store simply doubles the price to actually make more than the guy who did the work.  Bitsy Werlein opened a store selling just pianos in Metairie, but hurricane Katrina wiped it out.  There are no signs of rebuilding yet, over 9 months later.
 
Pat Cooke
New Orleans  


----- Original Message ----
From: BMcclel at aol.com
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 9:49:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Instrument Preferences


Werlins in New Orleans!   May I miss that place.  I used to go to the one on 
Decatur across from the house of blues.  I would play a horn, then come back 
to Jackson and call them back about it.  I got alot of good deals there.  I 
miss that place.

Bobby M
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