This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Well, why don't you see what the range is on your trombone. + ?= cents and -? cents. I work with a number of horn players in my= jazz band and sax player in particular has a hard time getting= high enough. New cork and sand paper... David I. PS..."asinine" is unnecessary! ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: "Don A. Gilmore" <eromlignod@kc.rr.com> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> Received: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:45:08 -0500 Subject: Re: A 440 Hz Standard Think about what you're saying, Wim. The instruments must be= designed to adjust sharp or flat within a reasonable range. Do= you think the musicians tuning to 442 are throwing their horns= in the garbage and buying new ones? Don't be asinine. That's= what tuning barrels and rings are for. My trombone is tuned to 440 and the tuning slide is extended= about 3/4", allowing for sharper or flatter tuning. My point is that instruments are never permanently tuned to= anything. This is common knowledge. Don NO, this is wrong. A wind instrument can be made to go flat, but= there is limited to how sharp it can go. To make a wind= instrument sharp, it must be shortened. Unless you cut off part= of the instrument, it cannot be tuned any sharper than the= instrument is long, with everything pushed in as far as it can= go. Wim. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/fa/66/3a/e0/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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