Klarinet Archive - Posting 001017.txt from 2004/07

From: "Christy Erickson" <perickso@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Water in tone holes
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 23:50:11 -0400


> Christy Erickson wrote:
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> > Perhaps if enough of us give them the
> > message they'll do something about the problem.
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> Perhaps a bit of air circulation (fans in the wings) would help? It
> sounds like a conflict between the audience's comfort in the seats vs.
> the performers' comfort on stage. When you're hot and the audience =
is
> cold, circulate some of the excess heat towards them, and vice versa.
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> This may even reduce the hall's utility bill?
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Good idea. The hall happens to be on a university of Wisconsin campus. =
As
my Dad used to say, "nothing is too good for the taxpayers." I'd love =
to
see the utility bill for that hall this month. When I mentioned the =
problem
to a woman at the box office today, she said the air had been "diverted"
from the black box theatre next to the main one, but she didn't explain
exactly what that meant. My guess is it means the air was turned off in =
the
other theatre and we are getting a double blast of cold air. Christy =20

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