I played the trumpet too! And then my story is very similar to yours, except I used the peer pressure to hide the fact I had no musical talent.

I chose the trumpet because it had only three valves and shouldn't have been too complicated. My sister played the flute and she had to use all her fingers. I couldn't handle that.

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