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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000041.txt from 2007/08

From: "HAROLD" <harold@-----.br>
Subj: [DR-L] Delancie revisited
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:50:57 -0400

Thanks Herb as well as others who have replied to my query /observation.We
,who were formed with school,spacks, groups often derided the other side of
the coin/another way of doing things.Yes Delancie seems a bit duller than
the other snake charmers but really at this advancing ge,my ears only hear
his fine qualities as an oboist and musician.
Speaking from the viewpoint of someone who has strived all his oboistic life
for such qualities, Delancie's legacy seems much greater than I ever
reealized.And I as never his fan!
Rgds,

harold

from Herb:

> In the orchestra, DeLancie was adamant about A=440Hz. He felt responsible
> to
> his section colleagues and that was it. The strings of the orchestra (as
> most do) tended to push up, but there was an electronic A which signaled
> the
> end of all breaks and was immutable as well as unquestionable.
> It was when I left Philadelphia that I began to hear the various
> rationalizations and other casuistry to defend the higher pitch commonly
> found.

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