Wed Feb 5 01:15:29 EST 2014
Danish composer Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) commenting on the clarinet:"
at once warm-hearted and completely hysterical, gentle as balm and screaming as a streetcar on poorly lubricated rails"
I'm wondering why one would ever lubricate the rails under a streetcar. Land vehicles require traction. Would you ever lubricate the tires (not wheels) of your car, or dump oil on the road?
(I think there used to be the practice of spraying oil on dirt/gravel roads to control dust.)
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