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In case you haven't heard this yet.  It was on the Tubaeuph list.

Mike

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Yet another reason to play the Tuba or Euphonium, rather than the
'Killer Trombone'...
<<fowards muted>>
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Yet another tragic, trombone-related death.  How long can our society
refuse to take action?
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MAN SLIDES HIS TROMBONE & KILLS MUSICIAN IN FRONT OF HIM!
By Randy Jeffries/Weekly World News (January 23, 1996)
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Bocholt, Germany -- A band musician died of a brain injury when the
trombonist behind him jerked the slide of his trombone forward and
struck the trumpeter in the back of the head.

Police say the tragedy occurred as the Gratzfeld College band was
rehearsing the spirited American jazz classic, _When the Saints Go
Marching In_.

According to other band members, trombonist Peter Niemeyer, 19, -got
carried away- with the music.  He started gyrating and thrashing around
as he played.

At one point, he jerked forward and the rounded metal slide on his
instrument hit trumpet player Dolph Mohr, 20, dropping him instantly to
the floor.

-Niemeyer was pumping the slide very hard,- said medical examiner Dr.
Max Krause.  -But it wasn't just the force of the blow that killed Mohr.

-The slide struck him in the worst possible place -- the vulnerable
spot just behind and below the left ear.

-Bone fragments pierced his brain, killing him instantly.-

The incident has provoked a storm of controversy over whether or not
American jazz should be played in German colleges.

-I believe the music is to blame,- said Gratzfeld band director
 Heinrich Sommer.  -I was pressured to play that selection by school
administrators.  But I've always said jazz is dangerous music,

-Our musicians can't control themselves when they play it.  They
move and rock back and forth, creating chaos.  If I had my way, American
Dixieland would be outlawed in Germany.  I've been directing bands for
30 years and I've never heard of anyone dying while playing a German
march.-

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