This article is about Valerie Vitale, who sixty years ago was principal harpist for the Minneapolis Symphony. She ended up marrying one of the trumpet players, John Bass. I tuned their piano today. There's more: she was the first student of legendary harpist Alice Chalifoux and briefly played in the Cleveland Orchestra; John went to Julliard and was on the original national tour of Porgy and Bess. John's father played cello in the New York Philharmonic.