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Bionic musician

Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 1 month AGO
by Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake
| December 14, 2013 7:33 PM

Merley, principal oboe player with the Glacier Symphony, has musician’s focal dystonia, a tremor that occurs only when a musician is in position and playing an instrument. 

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