It must have been during a rehearsal of the EJE (Eindhoven Youth
-Orchestra), somewhere in 1995 that Jan, one of the cranked violists
+Orchestra), somewhere in 1995 that Jan, one of the cranked violists,
told Han-Wen, one of the distorted French horn players, about the
grand new project he was working on. It was an automated system for
printing music (to be precise, it was MPP, a preprocessor for
an instrument. In the beginning, discovering how it works is fun, and
the things you cannot do are challenging. After the initial excitement,
you have to practice and practice. Scales and studies can be dull, and
-if you are not motivated by others---teachers, conductors or
-audience---it is very tempting to give up. You continue, and gradually
+if you are not motivated by others -- teachers, conductors or
+audience -- it is very tempting to give up. You continue, and gradually
playing becomes a part of your life. Some days it comes naturally, and
it is wonderful, and on some days it just does not work, but you keep
playing, day after day.