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Nice trombone storage
Posted: Sun May 26, 2024 12:43 pm
by Kingfan
When I moved recently, I lost my basement "studio" and the new place had no spare bedrooms. Instead of just leaving my horns lying around in full view, I bought a used armoire off Facebook Marketplace and it works nicely. Just wanted to share what I did in case anybody's significant other is not happy with the mess.
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Sun May 26, 2024 1:39 pm
by sacfxdx
Did you store the cat to watch them?
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Sun May 26, 2024 2:07 pm
by bitbckt
I’m most curious about the role the toaster plays here.
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Sun May 26, 2024 2:55 pm
by Kingfan
sacfxdx wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 1:39 pm
Did you store the cat to watch them?
Jasper, the Guardcat. Touch my horns and he'll pelt you with a hairball!
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Sun May 26, 2024 2:57 pm
by Kingfan
bitbckt wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 2:07 pm
I’m most curious about the role the toaster plays here.
Hot jazz!
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Sun May 26, 2024 3:24 pm
by BGuttman
And I thought the toaster was left over from a screen saver
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 11:43 am
by baileyman
Not big enough.
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 12:51 pm
by izMadman
I love the inspector cat, what was his verdict? Did he declare that trombone storage nice?
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 12:57 pm
by ghmerrill
Coincidentally I made a huge score in terms of a storage solution yesterday. I finally sold my professional library of (around 400) books -- for pennies on the dollar -- and was looking to use that space for storing a bunch of small parts and tools related to a bunch of stuff I do. Just couldn't find anything that was affordable but not crap until my wife stumbled across these things on the local Craigslist.
They're high end Herman Miller Healthcare wheeled storage drawers, all heavy plastic, tough as nails, and brilliantly designed. They were being sold by some anesthesiology guy from one of the local university hospitals who had got them when his department dumped them in order to "upgrade" (probably got a new grant to do that). He was moving and didn't want to take them with him. So I got three of them for $250. They include interior trays and dividers. Now I have more than enough space for my mouthpiece collection, various small electronic devices and test equipment, specialized tools, brass repair tools, and cleaning junk of various sorts. Or I may open a surgery clinic in the barn.
Sometimes you just get lucky.
storage cart.jpg
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 1:01 pm
by izMadman
ghmerrill wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 12:57 pm
Coincidentally I made a huge score in terms of a storage solution yesterday. I finally sold my professional library of (around 400) books -- for pennies on the dollar -- and was looking to use that space for storing a bunch of small parts and tools related to a bunch of stuff I do. Just couldn't find anything that was affordable but not crap until my wife stumbled across these things on the local Craigslist.
They're high end Herman Miller Healthcare wheeled storage drawers, all heavy plastic, tough as nails, and brilliantly designed. They were being sold by some anesthesiology guy from one of the local university hospitals who had got them when his department dumped them in order to "upgrade" (probably got a new grant to do that). He was moving and didn't want to take them with him. So I got three of them for $250. They include interior trays and dividers. Sometimes you just lucky. Now I have more than enough space for my mouthpiece collection, various small electronic devices and test equipment, specialized tools, brass repair tools, and cleaning junk of various sorts. Or I may open a surgery clinic in the barn.
Sometimes you just get lucky.
storage cart.jpg
Those Herman Miller storage drawers are top-notch and perfect for organizing all sorts of small bits and bobs, gotta love it when you stumble on such stuff randomly. I'm envious (in a good way)
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 8:11 pm
by brassmedic
I would need about 20 of those.
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 4:52 am
by Kingfan
baileyman wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 11:43 am
Not big enough.
Buy two. Maybe three. Four?
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 4:54 am
by Kingfan
brassmedic wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 8:11 pm
I would need about 20 of those.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoarding_disorder 
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 5:41 pm
by CharlieB
Fundamental Law of the Universe #1 :
No matter how much storage space you create, it will soon become inadequate.
Fundamental Law of the Universe #2:
When you attempt to defeat Law #1 by downsizing, you will immediately need the items you discarded.
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 5:56 pm
by ghmerrill
True, but I think those laws may be derived from the fundamental laws of thermodynamics, which in their colloquial formulations (by Alan Ginsberg) are:
[0. There is a game. (0th Law of thermodynamics)]
1. You can't win.
2. You can't break even.
3. You can't get out of the game.
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 8:00 pm
by CharlieB
Aha !!
Allen Ginsberg.
I remember him well.
He was in a space all his own, and it wasn't storage space.
Way-back time machine; Hippies, Volkswagen buses with painted flowers, free love, bongs, goofy poetry, bongo drums and Ginsberg.
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 9:46 am
by Kbiggs
BGuttman wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 3:24 pm
And I thought the toaster was left over from a screen saver
That brought back memories!
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 10:08 am
by JohnL
That's a pretty cool idea....
(looks at what was once a den/bedroom and is now almost entirely taken over by trombones)
but I don't think I'll be able to find an armoire in my size.
Re: Nice trombone storage
Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 10:14 am
by Posaunus
JohnL wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 10:08 am
That's a pretty cool idea....
but I don't think I'll be able to find an armoire in my size.
John,
For your collection, you'll need an armory, not an armoire!