Avery: Both of the double reed teachers are also principals (oboe & bassoon ) in the Dallas Symphony. Since they're instruments are set for that pitch, they can't bring them down for work at the school. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 3/29/00 at 7:15 PM Avery Todd wrote: >Dave, > > I can maybe understand the violinists but as a former bassoonist, I >don't understand that! >They're extremely limited re: pitch level, unless it can be done with the >reeds. Just wondering. > >Avery > >At 12:21 PM 03/29/00 -0600, you wrote: >>That's amazing! Here my violinists and double reed people want their >>instruments at 442. And yes, they know if it's not. >> >>dave >> >>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >> >>On 3/28/00 at 11:52 PM Mark Graham wrote: >> >> >I can hear it, mostly in the strings. Funny enough, we have Cleveland >> >Orchestra players on our faculty, and they THEORETICALLY tune to A440. But >> >when there are solo recitals some of them ask for A439 or 438 because >> >that's really where they are and what their instruments are set up for. >> >The horn players and one oboist are quite adamant about it. >> > >> >Mark Graham >> >Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music >> >Berea, Ohio >> >> >> >> >>David M. Porritt >>dporritt@swbell.net >>Meadows School of the Arts >>Southern Methodist University >>Dallas, TX 75275 David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275
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