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receive the sheet music, and shortly thereafter they would start
recording. A musician had to be very well prepared in order to
play music on such short notice.
Petitioners lived in a one-bedroom apartment with their 4-
year-old daughter Irina. For a few months in 1993, Mr. Popov’s
mother visited from Bulgaria and also lived in the apartment. In
addition to the bedroom, the apartment contained a kitchen/dining
area and a living room. The door from the outside into the
apartment was on one side of the living room. On that same side
was an open area where a person could walk from the
kitchen/dining area to the bedroom and bathroom. The rest of the
living room was used only for practice and recording purposes.
Mrs. Popov would practice in the living room. In the living
room, there were shelves which held recording equipment, a small
table, and a bureau in which Mrs. Popov kept her sheet music.
Mrs. Popov would record herself practicing in order to make
improvements. She would also make demo tapes to send to
orchestras to secure bookings. Other than a chair Mrs. Popov
occasionally used while practicing, the living room contained no
other furniture such as a sofa. Irina’s crib and toys along with
a sleeper sofa were in the bedroom, and there was a television in
the dining room. All residents of the apartment slept in the
bedroom, and Irina spent time in the building’s common areas and
patio playing with other children.
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