In a patch of sunlight, on the corner of Fifth and Wabasha streets in downtown St. Paul on Friday, Demiano Cabrera played his trumpet.

Temperatures climbed into the 50s, headed toward a record. Passers-by dropped money into his case.

In addition to the music, they would have noticed Cabrera has only one full arm.

He said he had to learn how to play with his right hand after his left arm was amputated from the elbow down because of a health problem.

He picked up the trumpet nine years ago and taught himself to play. He doesn’t read music, he said. He plays by ear.