The tiny theatre, equipped with an orchestra pit for a single musician, can accommodate an audience of just 17.

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Assembling this much instrumentation in an orderly fashion isn't easy, but with a strong song behind it, even a pit orchestra can find itself falling into place.

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During a lull in "Das Rheingold, " he noted, he and his colleagues even leave the orchestra pit to retune before their next entrance.

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