It's plucks, not clucks, at Sitka's 'Instrument Petting Zoo'

It's plucks, not clucks, at Sitka's 'Instrument Petting Zoo'

10-month-old Matilda Cunningham investigates a maraca at the “Instrument Petting Zoo” in Sitka on April 4. It’s quiet in the library, when I sit down to interview Rick Trostel, a trumpet player in the Juneau Symphony. He’s also a longtime music teacher at Juneau Montessori School.He’s getting ready to raise the volume with a hands-on music class of sorts – an “Instrument Petting Zoo.” On the counter behind him is a stack of several 36 inch PVC p…