Mr. Keith J. Gillner 
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“Don’t bother to look, I’ve composed this already.”
- Gustav Mahler, to Bruno Walter who had stopped to admire mountain scenery in rural Austria
Definition of the Day: Free-Reed Instrument - An instrument that produces sound by blowing air across a reed (often called a tongue) to cause it to vibrate, however, the reed must vibrate freely, in other words it must not touch anything as it vibrates. The free-reed instruments can be broken into two categories, the Unframed Reed and the Framed Reed. The Framed Reed instruments have a frame that creates a path for the air to be directed against the reed to create vibration. The Unframed Reed instruments have no physical frame to force the air to act on the reed in a consistent manner.
Today in History: Frank Sinatra makes his TV debut on Bob Hope’s “Star Spangled Review” show on NBC (Peggy Lee also performs), 1950.
