Sooo... this one time, I dented my brand new $2,000 horn, brought it home to get it fixed, found the number for a brass repair shop, and my dad told me that it would be unethical to get it fixed on my own instead of through the school. If I tell the school that I dented the new $2,000 horn, I won't have a new $2,000 horn to use, and I'll go back to using the gool ol' budget-horn. My dad doesn't care. He thinks that Joe's Brass Repair Shop will dent the horn even more. He said that. WHY WOULD A BRASS REPAIR SHOP WORSEN THE CONDITION OF A BRASS INSTRUMENT?!?!?!?! I have to go to band now. Without my horn. I'm going to "forget" my horn and use the old one while I figure out a way to get my dad to get the new one repaired.