#troubled reed?

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stay tuned! i tell my instrument, at the start of a 40 bar rest before a solo. it does not. a cold breeze has blown through. i pick up my instrument to play the solo, and the first note is flat. people get up to leave. my conductor frowns at me, motioning for me to raise my pitch. i overcompensate, and the rest of the solo is sharp. a baby has started crying.