[CAUT] Barbie tuner

[Avery Todd]

Well, he "was" an oboist! I was a bassoonist. LOL

Avery Todd (flame suit securely on.)

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Porritt, David <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>
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>  I understand what you're saying.  Sometimes I think it's insecurity on my
> part, sometimes I think I'm just embarrassed for them (you know that
> embarrassment you feel when the trumpet player cracks his high note, or the
> actor forgets his lines.)  These people just forget their manners and you're
> embarrassed for them.
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> David M. Porritt, RPT
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> dporritt at smu.edu
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> *From:* caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] *On Behalf Of *Jim
> Busby
> *Sent:* Friday, July 25, 2008 5:23 PM
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> *To:* College and University Technicians
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> Thanks all.
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> You know, maybe I'm alone in this, but even though I know the piano was
> right on and someone like this is basically an ass, it still REALLY bothers
> me. And here I am 53 years old with the maturity of a 10 year old… :-)
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> Cheers!
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> Jim Busby
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> *From:* caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] *On Behalf Of *Paul
> T Williams
> *Sent:* Friday, July 25, 2008 4:08 PM
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> Go figur.
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> You just have to smile and assure.  Education sometimes works, but usually,
> they "know it all"
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> Paul
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>   *"Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>*
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> There's always one!
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> David M. Porritt, RPT
> dporritt at smu.edu
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> *From:* caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] *On Behalf Of *Jim
> Busby*
> Sent:* Friday, July 25, 2008 4:34 PM*
> To:* College and University Technicians*
> Subject:* [CAUT] Barbie tuner
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> List,
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> I won't name the fellow, but at the International Double Reed Society
> conference here at BYU there is this "oboist" who is running around with
> this tiny guitar tuner complaining that all the instruments are off. He
> confronted me before one of his performances saying that the pitch of the
> Shigeru was not A440 but was A442. He said the Hamburg D was also A442 (Was
> supposed to be at A443). I told him I was confident the pitch was where it
> was supposed to be on both instruments and that maybe his small tuner was
> off. BAD thing to say! Boy was he mad! After his performance, when most the
> people were gone, the head honcho watched me measure the pianos. Less than
> 4/10ths of one cent off… (Dang! Will I ever learn to keep my pitch dead on?)
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> Funny, but almost all his high notes were extremely flat. Or maybe I'm just
> dreaming…
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> Jim Busby
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> p.s. Other than this unfortunate experience everyone else is very nice and
> complimentary.
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