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<p>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. </p>

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Bionic musician: Miraculous cure restores oboist's ability to make music

When the Glacier Symphony conductor cues principal oboe player Reid Merley to blow an A — that unmistakable standard pitch by which the orchestra tunes — Merley is in perfect control of the note.