Klarinet Archive - Posting 000718.txt from 1997/09

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: tuning to Hautbois
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 10:33:14 -0400

Because a long time ago, someone said - Hell, if you can tune to
that........ You can tune to anything. ;)

David Blumberg

id AA15931; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 00:17:13 -0400
id AA18440; Sun, 14 Sep 1997 00:15:25 -0400
From: "R Tennenbaum"
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 97 22:09:08 -0500
Subject: Question

Probably almost everyone who plays in an orchestra knows this, but I
don't:

Why do we tune to that um, instrument -- you know, the one that looks
like a skinny clarinet but with a fancy straw at the end?