Edinburgh residents in Leith have sounded off after a passive aggressive note was left in their street, complaining about a “serenading trumpeter”.
The eyebrow-raising letter was posted on all the doors along Lorne Street. The note is addressed to: “The trumpeter who moved into a flat around here in July and has been playing disturbing dissonant music every lunch time since.”
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The author of the note writes, “You are very talented yes, but please be aware that your daily practice can be heard by every person in the courtyard of our buildings. 100+ people, some of which work at home and would like to not be forced to listen to your chromatic scales reverbing off the walls and into the brains every time they are having lunch”
The post has gained a lot of attention with people arguing for the mystery trumpeter - and against.
One poster wrote “If you don’t like other people’s noise…go live in a bungalow not a stair! Playing an instrument is a wonderful talent!”
Another writes “Thoughts and prayers to everyone affected” and “The brass neck of them”
The original poster is partially deaf so luckily cannot hear It in the front half of her flat. She told Edinburgh Live: "They are really good actually; I find it fun to listen to”
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Others commented that they are lucky it is lunch time the mystery trumpeter plays the instrument, and better than the middle of the night. The note continues, “Please also consider:
- chronically ill people who are in their beds, already in enough pain
- babies/ nightshift workers trying to sleep
- Leithers already demented from the sounds of the never-ending tram works
Some have commented that it would be unreasonable and pretty excessive to expect the person to soundproof a room and also “insanely expensive”.
And a few commenters joked: “I AM THE TRUMPETER”.
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