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orchestral tuning

Author: Bob Thomson
Date: 2001-09-28 07:01

I'm 1st clarinet in a fairly good amateur symphony orchestra and I have a question probably addressed to the orchestral players on this board and it regards woodwind section tuning. Our principle oboist (a very fine player with a lovely bright clear tone) routinely tunes us. We have noticed that she uses a tuning machine. As we progress into the rehearsal, we feel that we going "off" and many of us readjust individually to compensate with results that require general retuning. On the odd occasion that she's not at rehearsal or for some reason arrives slightly late, our second oboe is used to tune us. No tuning machine is used but we all seem to be able to maintain our tuning perfectly. Any comments please ? I appreciate that the solution may be simple, but I suspect the tuning device may be introducing a variable we might avoid.

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