Klarinet Archive - Posting 000217.txt from 1998/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Short barrels and the Vienna Phil
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 00:18:18 -0400

At 11:41 PM 9/6/98 EDT, Mario Estrada wrote:

>PS A friend of mine, who was a fellow at Tanglewood this year, tells me that
>the Boston Symphony no longer tunes to an oboe, but to a synthesized pitch
>(441) played over the house speakers, ugh!
>
Not very romantic, but much more consistent.

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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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