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Re: Temperature for outdoor playing

Author: rmk54
Date: 2021-09-20 17:08

Hi rmk64. 68 degrees seems plenty warm; why was the lower limit set so high?

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Hi, Phil,

Well, you have to set a limit somewhere. Personally I think 68 degrees is reasonable. I remember once during a winter rehearsal a stagehand left an outside door propped open and the temp dropped to around 60. We all waited until the union steward (eyes glued to his thermometer) gave the OK.

There was a time early in my tenure when the hall was having a problem with its heating system and we were told that the rehearsal was going to proceed anyway. For some reason the union then had no objection to this.

I had just bought a new B-flat, which promptly cracked. Neither our management nor the hall's management would take responsibility, so I was left holding the bag. That horn never played the same after it was pinned, so I eventually got rid of it.

I have a hard time believing that you can play a wooden instrument at 55 degrees without a problem. Either you are very lucky or your thermometer is off!

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