The Great HornCabbage wrote: > The archives of the Chicago Symphony reveal that Slammin' > Phil Farkas was suspended for a week during the > 1955 season when he was caught using using cork-filled > rotors on his horn. [snip] His suspension so demoralized the orchestra, > which had played exceptionally well during the first part of the > season, that it rapidly fell out of contention in the National > Orchestra League and, for the 47th year in a row, failed to > appear in the World Series.
Hmmm...An orchestra that failed to make the World Series for years. Are you sure it wasn't the Boston Symphony? Matt _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
