Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Bug of the Week of 8 November

Trumpet spit. Currently, when you play a brass instrument, your breath builds condensation in the instrument that needs to be released, via a trigger. As a result, when you sit in the brass section, there are small little spit pools anywhere. There has to be a better way to empty the horn. Maybe there is a different type of steal that could use the heat of the breath to evaporate the condensation. Or perhaps one can make performance floors heated so that the spit evaporates. It is just kind of disgusting and slightly messy. Hence, my bug this week!

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