The Fort Wayne Philharmonic has thrown a farewell party for Adrian Mann, its long-serving principal double-bass. He’s not leaving, though.
Adrian, whose father was the noted musicologist Alfred Mann, is still turning up for work in his other job as staff librarian.
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