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A painful medical condition allegedly suffered by cello players has been revealed as a hoax after more than 30 years. Anchor Marco Werman gets the story from The World’s Alex Gallafent.
Musicians have to put up with a lot. Itinerant lives, uncertain employment, viola jokes. There are medical issues facing professional musicians, too, including something called.. Well, it’s a delicate matter, as The World’s Alex Gallafent explains to Marco Werman