Posted by Steve Marcus on November 08, 2000 at 23:26:30:
In Reply to: Water Valve Etiquette posted by Mark on November 08, 2000 at 11:47:12:
Many months ago, someone posted an anecdote about one way to deal with this:
Alec Wilder's "Effie Suite" has a descriptive name for each of its movements. When emptying the water valve between movements, the tubist explained to the audience...
"Effie Takes a Leak."