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Esther is right. I'm not much of a seamster, but I was a musician in a
previous, and much younger life. I would equate the execution of a nice,
tight M&T with a short etude, and a dovetailed box with that of a short
solo piece. For any trumpet players out there, I would say that making a
toolchest like Studley's would be akin to playing The Carnival of Venice
(out of the Arban's book), with both hands behind your back, working the
valves with your toes. Yeah. That'd be it.

Paul, as for repetitive, mechanical practice, like the kinds you, I, and
anyone else foolish enough to call themselves a musician, subjected
themselves to, I don't think it's quite the same. Music "happens" much
faster than woodworking, and therefore you body has to have a lot more
"things" memorized. 

There's some cross-training too; I mean, I found I didn't have to practice
much buzing my lips, while I'm crosscutting a board. Hey, what are all
those little spots on my workpiece?

Paddy (Louie Armstrong) O'Deen