Posted by Gary Press on January 26, 2002 at 10:53:40:
In Reply to: what was the first horn you played? posted by Mark F. on January 26, 2002 at 00:32:38:
I started playing the summer before 9th grade and I was presented with an old fiberglass Conn Sousaphone which I used at school and would take home to practice. It was an incredibly stuff instrument that I struggled to play.
Then one day, I decided to clean it out. Out tumbled a a soda can and behind it, several balls of papaer and yes....a dried up piece of fruit! And lo and behold the instrument played better!