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TomSlick

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10. My pleasure.

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #9)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 07:49 PM

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Contact a New Horizons group. Then find your old instrument and give it a good cleaning. (There was stuff growing in my trombone when I pulled it from under the bed.)

It will be fun and good for your mental health.

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