World's Worst Tuner

[SGrossner@aol.com]

In a message dated 97-03-11 19:21:24 EST, you write:

<< Once I tuned for a rental agency.  One of the fellows called up and
 asked if I had a  D tuning fork.
 "No", I said, "What the heck do you need a D fork for?"
 -"This guy wants to know if you can tune to  D."
 "I don't understand, I tune to the  A fork, that's what everyone >>

I once tuned for a guy who asked if I would mind using his A435 fork. i said
sure, no problem and started to tune. About half way thru, my curiousity got
the best of me, and asked why. He replied with a straight face, that it was
the lawful pitch. According to him, when A440 was established as a the
standard, (in Paris I guess) it had never been properly ratified. Therefore,
he wanted the "legal" pitch. Upon further questioning it turned out that his
wife was running on the State ticket for office. These people belonged to the
"LaRouche" party. A sort of single issue type of party that caused the
Democrats here a lot of embarrasment when the finagled thier way onto the
primary ballot. I could just see him in power, running around town with
jackboots and a frequency counter.  Sam G. Chicago.