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    Quote Originally Posted by ghmerrill View Post
    This reminds me of an incident at a dentist when I was about 12 years old. The guy was not the greatest dentist in the world, but I had this severe canker sore on this particular visit and he said "I can fix that," produced one of the sticks you describe, and fixed it pretty much instantly. He then explained that the substance was silver nitrate. The Mayo Clinic web site mentions this cautary approach as well on its site (though suggests that it's not particularly effective!).

    I just checked, and you can in fact still get the stuff -- even (of course?) on Amazon. And the sticks are available from several different medical or veterinary supply places such as https://www.mountainside-medical.com...icators-sticks.

    Given the descriptions of how the cautery works, I'm thinking I might want some of these around. Or the next time I have a sore (luckily not often), I might try a styptic pencil and see if that works (though from what I see, the silver nitrate appears -- at least anecdotally -- to be more effective).
    I might have to give the silver nitrate a shot. Now, about the styptic pencil, that is interesting. I bought a few of those because I am on a blood thinner and the slightest nick with my razor or any scratch I get on me bleeds like crazy. And I use the styptic pencil to stop the bleeding. But what would it do for a canker sore?? I'll let you be the guinea pig, let us know how that works if you get a chance!
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  2. My worst playing with adversity was just one month ago. The New England Brass Band was getting ready to record a new CD in the Fraser Studio at WGBH in Boston. This is a fantastic studio. We have our own engineer, but I had to get there the day before to set up the band so that he could then set the microphones and get everything ready for the start of the session the next day. As I was walking on on Thursday afternoon, my toe caught a crack in the sidewalk, I fell, and tried to catch my fall with my right hand. In addition to smashing my glasses I really messed up my right hand. Though my local ER did not see a break, it turned out I broke the metacarpals of my right middle and ring fingers (2nd and 3rd valve). The next day, my wife drove me in to the studio and I ended up playing 16 hours of recording session on Friday and Saturday. I saw my hand specialist (Dr. Matthew Liebman of HandSurgery PC at Newton-Wellesley Hospital) on Monday. Both his nurse and he said "It sure looks broken", which it was. I played a concert that Tuesday night with a cast on my right hand. I had multiple rehearsals and travelled to Reno, NV to play a recital with my brother the next week.

    It is now just exactly one month later. I just got the hard brace off and started Occupational therapy. Still haven't missed a performance and only missed a rehearsal or two. The fingers wiggle, so "Play on!"
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    You are a warrior, too, Doug. Ouch, that hurts to think about it.
    John Morgan
    The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) 1971-1976
    Adams E3 Custom Series Euphonium, 1956 B&H Imperial Euphonium,
    1973 F. E. Olds & Son Studio Model T-31 Baritone
    Adams TB1 Tenor Trombone, Yamaha YBL-822G Bass Trombone
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    Kingdom of the Sun (KOS) Concert Band, Ocala, FL (Euphonium)
    KOS Brass Quintet (Trombone, Euphonium)
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    Rapid City New Horizons Band (Euphonium)

  4. #14
    For this conversation, I think Doug deserves the coveted Warrior Prize! That had to be lots of awkwardness and pain, I would think.
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    Wish I had a buck for every missed obvious fracture that I know an ER or urgent care has missed.
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    Oh my Doug! Don’t know how you did that.
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  7. Biting my inner cheek when a steak gristle presented itself at exactly the wrong time. The concert was just a few days later, and I played anyway. At the risk of, well, let's just say the cup of the mouthpiece was, um, er, reddish.

  8. #18
    You sound great, sir! Even with the pimple. Haven't had any outbreaks around my lips for some time now, the last time I remembered was definitely in high school more than a decade ago. So I guess I got lucky.

  9. #19
    I was able to put together a recording of our rehearsal for that unfortunate service. The rehearsal was on the Monday before, right after I got off work. Dress code was "casual." This is from my camcorder in the back of the church, but the sound is from my little $100 recorder sitting in the front row of chairs.

    The is from the Sparke book "Classic Hymns."

    Links:
    Classic Hymns by Philip Sparke, euphonium book.
    Classic Hymns by Philip Sparke, piano book

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    That’s a nice arrangement of “Holy, Holy, Holy”. Very ‘fanfare-ish’ in places. Excellent as a prelude for worship, albeit maybe a little long at 7 mins. Thanks for sharing.
    Rick Floyd
    Miraphone 5050 - Warburton BJ / RF mpc
    YEP-641S (recently sold)
    Doug Elliott - 102 rim; I-cup; I-9 shank


    "Always play with a good tone, never louder than lovely, never softer than supported." - author unknown.
    Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches
    El Cumbanchero (Raphael Hernandez, arr. Naohiro Iwai)
    Chorale and Shaker Dance
    (John Zdechlik)

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