Klarinet Archive - Posting 000284.txt from 2004/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Followup question: Greenline and temperature
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 21:27:55 -0500

At 08:41 AM 12/16/2004 -0500, Karl Krelove wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Hausmann [mailto:bhausmann1@-----.net]
> > The oboe's A is not necessarily any better in tune than any other
> > instrument's. The orchestra tunes to the oboe at least in part
> > because the
> > oboe is the least able to ADJUST its tuning. Thus, if the oboe is
> > 10 cents
> > flat due to conditions in the hall, and EVERYBODY tunes 10 cents
> > flat, all
> > will be well, except maybe for the perfect pitch folks.
> >
> >
>
>Or the strings just decide the A is too low and tune higher (wherever they
>tuned before they came out onstage) and the winds all whip out their Korgs
>and tune to those.

Yep, that's pretty much the plan! :-)

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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