Reply #15: I once bought an old King cornet and had it cleaned an re-padded in order to sell it.

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Cost as much as I paid for the horn and case, and I took a loss on it.

Horn players are taught to clean out their instruments and the have "spit keys" to facilitate this.

It's bullshit legislation, like so many laws before it.
(I was making a joke about my guitar.....)
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