Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2005-11-24 03:22
<<You know the story, you and the and the other oboe get there 20 minutes early to warmup, tune to each other, and make sure your reeds are vibrating nicely. Then, 30 seconds before the A, the chainsaw..er...saxophone section whips out their instruments throws on a dusty reed, play 10 really high loud notes, and says "I'm ready to tune."
Then, 20 minutes later, the conductor GLARES at the oboes for being so out of tune. The saxophones happily sit there with innocent smiles on their faces, as they play at A=478>>
ROTFL!
Especially funny to me, since I just went through the experience of the ensemble from (you know where) and it's Tuner Mafia. AND, I was sitting in front of the saxes, one of whom had this odd spitty thing happening with his mouthpiece throughout the whole concert. Like water in the tone holes, except higher.
I got glared at a lot during rehearsals (as I have posted elsewhere on this board), and felt very wronged. But when it comes right down to it, ya gotta play with the team.
Or maybe, change teams.
Susan
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