Our family and business adventure of 2006, relocating from suburban Atlanta, Georgia, to rural Clinton County, Eastern Iowa, has been a long and sometimes trying experience. However, we have learned new lessons in patience and perseverance. We are delighted to be here, living amongst my wife's family and a number of new friends and acquaintances. My wife and children represent the 6th and 7th generation of her family to live on the farm since it was homesteaded in 1850.

For the first time in two years, I plan to exhibit at a Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference. I am making plans to be at the Memphis State University's Tuba-Euphonium Conference in late April. Mike Finn is tentatively also planning to be there.

I am finding that my services as a musician in the Quad-Cities area are increasingly in demand, for which I am thankful. Although I do definitely plan to continue instrument repairs and restorations, I will have to balance my schedule, as I will not be in the shop all the time. For better service, I'd recommend calling or e-mailing me to set up a time that is convenient for you, when I can work on your instrument. I am trying to avoid the common pitfall of successful repair shops that get such a overload of repairs that a backlog of weeks, months, even years of repair pile up, which becomes a bad situation for both the customer and the repairman. I have only one instrument and customer in that category now, and I don't want it to happen ever again. Thanks be to God, and to all of the loyal customers who have helped make this business possible.

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