[TPIN] Playing in the Cold

[Chris Kemp]

This past April I played an outdoor processional on Good Friday. The  
processional was around an hour long in bitterly cold weather. I  
could feel the bore of my trumpet getting gradually smaller and  
smaller as ice built up in the horn. During a break in the playing  
the trumpeter next to me took out a valve and showed me the ice that  
had formed in the ports making his horn unplayable. Thank goodness I  
was using Zaja oil so my valves worked fine. Sometimes all you can do  
is laugh through chattering teeth.

This year Good Friday is in March. Yipes!

Chris Kemp
Toronto, Ontario
The Great White North