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- Roy Trumbull
Our reporter isn't impressed by the monied or the powerful. But an impoverished instrument maker and performer makes him feel envy.
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Our reporter isn't impressed by the monied or the powerful. But an impoverished instrument maker and performer makes him feel envy.
