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RRE: Mask: 5years ago when my left hand would no longer function on the violin finger board, I sadly sold the violin. I took up the b flat baritone horn. I will play in the Elderhostel New England Brass Band at Portsmouth, NH, this August. A brass or wind instrument is great for lung capacity and the facial muscles. Be prepared for daily fluctuations in wind and lip capacity. Re: The boss's review (Jack Faus message)...I've been through the sqeezee of trying not to be labeled a mal-lingerer on the job. Milton's Sonnet on his Blindness expresses the dilemma, "Does God exact day labor light denied?" There comes a time when we have to concede to ourselves that we have an illness which hampers our full participation. We should not feel diminished, that we are lesser people because of this. .As they say, "In the kingdom of the blind, the man with one eye is King." At every stage of this progressive journey, there are still things we can do or exemplify, even if it is "only" grace under pressure. Replies welcomed. Find a cure....Support the research movement..."Let's get physical" says the song..."Let's get political."