Audience throws off pitch...correction

[Avery Todd]

Well, I guess I'm wrong again. (As usual!) I thought
woodwinds went flat and brass went sharp. Of course,
you don't mention the brass, so I "might" be partially
correct! :-)

Avery

At 03:19 PM 3/25/04, you wrote:
>Conrad Hoffsommer wrote:
> > Are you sure his clarinet wasn't going flat because
>of _his_ warm  moist breath going through it?
>
>A wind instrument like clarinet gets sharper not
>flatter as it warms up, the opposite of strings.
>Cold is very flat, hot very sharp.
>
>This is interesting for and orchestra coming into
>a cold hall as they warm up and the sections are
>drifting in opposite directions.
>
>                        Cheers
>                        Dave Renaud
>                        RPT
>                       (And woodwind specialist) ;-)
>
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