stackyFACTSPlaying the flute is easy on the back, but playing the harp requires an industrial moving crew.
Playing the flute is easy on the back, but playing the harp requires an industrial moving crew. In the classical music economy, professional musicians unionized to secure 'cartage fees,' which are extra stipends paid by orchestras specifically to cover the nightmarish logistics of dragging giant instruments like harps and double basses across the city. It’s essentially hazard pay for choosing a horribly inconvenient instrument in middle school.
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