I felt compelled to write in and commiserate with Craig Knight (letter to editor, "Lawyer's musical ad hits wrong notes," Jan. 16).

As a captive audience of sorts, I have had to endure more than 40 years of listening to my father's harmonica. Over that same period, I came to respect and admire him first as a father and then as a professional and colleague. However, I never came to appreciate that infernal harmonica.

Much as I share Knight's musical sensibilities, however, my advice to my father is somewhat different: Don't give up your day job.

L. Pierce Egerton
Greensboro