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\npeter’s got our back<\/a>, a photo by nobleviola<\/a> on Flickr.<\/span><\/div>\n

As reported<\/a> in last September’s issue of Portland Monthly<\/a> magazine, there is indeed a bust of Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky guarding our front door. I think that a bust of Bruckner might repulse more string players, however.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

peter’s got our back, a photo by nobleviola on Flickr. As reported in last September’s issue of Portland Monthly magazine, there is indeed a bust of Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky guarding our front door. I think that a bust of Bruckner might repulse more string players, however.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24],"tags":[2752,1020],"class_list":["post-7521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","tag-portland-monthly","tag-tchaikovsky"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1Xj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3832,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/17\/45th-parallel-inaugurates-success\/","url_meta":{"origin":7521,"position":0},"title":"45th parallel inaugurates success","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 17, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Photo [L-R]: Jun Iwasaki, Charles Noble, Gregory Ewer, Trevor Fitzpatrick, Viorel Bejenaru, Justin Kagan. 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