Bengals season opener

Not that I don't trust a bunch of football players with priceless Strads in their hands -- but enquiring minds wanted to know whose instruments they were playing and whether they had to get permission from the musicians union...

It turns out, they used CSO staff instruments, since most staffers own a couple of instruments: CSO manager Janell Weinstock's violin, Heather Stengle's clarinet, Walt Zeschin's tuba. Others who brought instruments included CSO violinist Scott Mozlin, Naimah Bilal, Mary Judge, Rebecca Beavers and Anne Cushing-Reid.

The CSO owns a double bass and percussion instruments. Funny, I didn't notice anyone playing the harp...

Oh, and that was Steven Reineke in the jersey, teaching Marvin how to conduct.

This was for the Bengals special preview section yesterday written by Mark Curnutte, with photos by Jeff Swinger. To see the Bengals players try to make beautiful music together, click here.