Hi thanks @tdctunes; it's good to be here :) Hivean I think is probably unconsciously influenced by Whovian.

I picked the clarinet at the age of 11 when we were given free lessons on orchestral instruments in the last year of primary school. I had spent my childhood playing recorder, and was of the (mistaken) opinion that the clarinet was the logical upgrade. Actually, that would probably have been the flute, but je ne regrette rien!