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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000073.txt from 2006/11
From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] tuners and drugs
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:09:20 -0500
Ah yes, the "war on drugs" continues with even less success than the one in
Iraq, and for lesser reason. What a pile of crap! Legislate everything...
Sexuality, morality, pleasure, even the right to take the only thing one
owns, his life. Bah!
Herb
On 11/15/06 4:39 AM, "HAROLD" <harold@-----.br> wrote:
> Dear List:
> " He loved or used to love playing with the only community orchestra in
> town not because of the quality of music made but due to the rare
> repertoire,nice people and opportunity to be a soloist and composer/arranger
> occasionally. The only problem with this group of many "veterans"-- who
> began music before the tuning machine was invented-- was ...intonation.
> "So he decided to take things into his own hands,Change the world,be a
> revolutionary.He would donate a tuning machine he didn't need because his
> newest machine not only had a tuner but a metronome.
> "The rehearsals continued for 'Hercules' a lovely Handel 'Oratorio' which
> has some lovely moments at the end for two oboes. Due to commitments with
> the so-called professional orchestra in town ,he had to miss rehearsals with
> the community orchestra but his tuning machine was there and that should
> resolve things,' he mused"
> Returning to rehearsal with the longest-running chamber orchestra in
> town,the concertmaster came to his stand and asked for the A.
> "But where is my tuner--the one I donated to the orchestra?
> "After much scuffling and looking about the tuner was discovered.It didn't
> work --the batteries were dead."
> "In a huff he took his donated tuner back."
>
> Query:(1)Should he buy batteries for the tuner and return his donation?
> or
> (2)Should he retain his donated tuner and forget about changing the world?
>
> You decide.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Harold Emert
> Rio-Brazil
>
> PS--After all the eulogies for the Sao Paulo orchestra currently on tour
> of the US,today's newspapers report that "two musicians in the Sao Paulo
> State orchestra have been detained in Miami for the use of drugs . The
> orchestra plans as well to take it's own disciplinary measures."
> That's progress!(or reacting to playing wqith
> stress,tyranny,pressure,etc?)
>
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