Remove the spaces from the following sentence: In his younger years Nielsen played signal horn and alto trombone (with valves) in a military orchestra in Odense and it could well be that he got his inspiration from that period – he knew the brass sound and dynamics very well.
InhisyoungeryearsNielsenplayedsignalhornandaltotrombone(withvalves)inamilitaryorchestrainOdenseanditcouldwellbethathegothisinspirationfromthatperiod–heknewthebrasssoundanddynamicsverywell.