| What you should not buy new!!!! | | Sometimes it is hard to resist the allure of buying something brand new: a car with its new car smell, an outfit that no one else has, a book with not one crease or smudge on the cover. Yet there are some items where it really does pay off to forgo... | |
| | Clarinet | | When I played with a symphony orchestra, our union reached an agreement with a major airline about which instruments we could carry on board, and which had to be shipped as luggage. A cellist was dismayed to find that his delicate, expensive wood... | |
| | School Band | | My daughter is a percussionist in her school band. Well the only percussionist in her school band. I remember when I was a kid all the rich kids getting to play in the band with their little flutes and clarinets, how I wish I could too.
My daughter... | |
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