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To: Alex Murphy
'Recovering oboist'. There it is right there.

A friend and I came up with a theory about oboe players, and why most are psychos. It's all that back pressure. It bursts blood vessels in the brain.

Watch someone play oboe. All the veins in the head and neck pop out.

14 posted on 11/20/2007 8:34:32 AM PST by real saxophonist (The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)
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To: real saxophonist
A friend and I came up with a theory about oboe players, and why most are psychos. It's all that back pressure. It bursts blood vessels in the brain.

Do you know my brother? He said the very same thing.

They should use softer reeds. It helps.

:-)

(used to play... would rather have an english horn)

27 posted on 11/20/2007 1:56:15 PM PST by Terriergal ("I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace," Shakespeare)
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