One long-time reader wrote me a polite letter, explaining why he was unsubscribing.

It seemed my email yesterday - "The Alexander Technique is a Nonsense Concept" went a little too far in his opinion.

Too far how?

Ah, that's the puzzling part for me.

"I want to make this sound."

He's a flute player, and he's asking for help from me, the Alexscovery teacher.

CHANCER: Have you made this sound before?

"No."

I am not an anatomist or someone with a natural born interest in such matters.

It's a mountain of knowledge that I was never tempted to climb, sorry Julie Andrews.

As a boy, I didn't even tinker with my Meccano set - much to the chagrin of my dad. (Next he tried a cricket bat, but I wasn't much interested in that either. Poor dad.)