>Along similar lines, I bought a brass instrument cleaning kit that
>arrived today, and it included this list.
>

I would not at all be surprised to discover that's where the list I ran across originated as well (well, maybe not specifically brass instrument cleaning, but some sort of musical accessory or supply item anyway.)

>Forte
>loud,to be used sparingly, such as every note ever written
>

This word will always remind me of the perennially forwarded band story about the tuba section and the 4 Fs on the sheet music.

>Viola
>a bowed string instrument, aka "kindling," "the ugly stepchild," "the
>dream crusher," or "Ursula"
>

This writer was rejected by the Ursula of their dreams and this is petty revenge. Or so I choose to believe.

	-={(Astynax)}=- "This Space For Rent."