Now you hear it, now you don't

Our conductor pulled the plug on my cornetto debut, more's the pity. He called me over and said that it was too loud. When I suggested that I could point it in a different direction, he clarified his statement to indicate he didn't like the effect. "So," I responded, "you meant that being able to hear it at all made it too loud!" ;-)

Oh well. I probably would have choked under the adrenaline of performance anyway. That mouthpiece is awfully tiny...