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 Re: Tuning and the Oboe I's role in the orchestra
Author: kdk 
Date:   2024-10-28 00:34

mschmidt wrote:

> Another reason to keep the box on: The conductor might decide,
> in the middle of rehearsal, that another tuning note needs to
> be played by the oboe. Instead of fumbling about to attach the
> mic and turn on the box, the player can just look at the box
> that is already on.
>
> Just last week this happened when I had my English horn out.
> The conductor wanted an A so I just gave him an English horn E
> and hoped I wasn't too far out.

Well, a conductor shouldn't do that. If you're the principal (only?) oboe and you have an English horn in your hands, he can get someone else or he can wait for you to put down the Cor and pick up your oboe. If this was an orchestra, the concert master probably had a useable A. If a band, the first clarinet can play the tuning note (using your tuner if he doesn't have one of his own).

In any case, leaving the tuner out and on (using up battery power) so it's handy doesn't have anything to with hooking the mic up to your instrument and using it while you're playing.

Karl

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