The Article below May have a mite of bearing on this???

This is a "direct quote" from a popular weekend magazine:-

   The String Section is a Kind of Knitting Circle.  Boys tend not to
   be attracted to the violin because it expresses a great emotion that
   blokes prefer to stifle.  As the strings get bigger and move towards
   the cellos and basses, there is greater comfort in being male.

   The brass players tend to be brash and opinionated.  Like their
   instruments, they are forthright.  They also drink the most.  The
   trumpet is boastful and extrusive instrument.  Moving through the
   brass section, once again, as the tone of the instrument becomes
   deeper and more subdued, so the temperament of the players follows.
   I do Not recall ever having had a conversation with a French Horn
   player.  They have a hand stuck in the mouth of their instrument
   when they play.  Tuba players are invariably fat.

   The woodwinds are a neurotic bunch.  It is perhaps something to do
   with the fragility of the reeds in their instruments.  There is always
   an anorexic oboist.  The flute player tends to have a short skirt
   and sits forward over-eagerly.  As before, the axis from extroversion
   to introversion operates as the instruments get deeper.  Anyone who
   plays the contrabassoon is beset by personal demons too awful to
   contemplate.

   Percussionists have a child-like enthusiasm.  It's easy to be a
   carefree soul when all you have to do is whack something every 10
   Minutes.  The harp is technically a member of the string section but
   I would characterise it as the stare turn.  They are somewhat vain
   and keep to themselves.

The only connection the writer has with CM that I know of he has read
"Peter & the Wolf" with One of the Local S.Os?? This is a "direct quote" =
Not my composing @ All.

The addresses for the Magazine:-

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 From the same magazine comes an advertisement for the SSO with the Current
season of Concerts:-

Prices = $39 AUST, $30 (matinee) full; $19 student
(evening concerts only). [$39 is to ME a heck of a Lot
of Money??].

This has a Web Site:- www.symphony.org.au.
"Over to everyone for Comments".

Bill(Y).