<p>Merley, principal oboe player with the Glacier Symphony, has musicians focal dystonia, a tremor that occurs only when a musician is in position and playing an instrument. </p>
December 14, 2013
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December 14, 2013 9 p.m.
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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.