In a message dated 9/13/00 6:03:05 PM Central Daylight Time, RNossaman@KSCABLE.com writes: << he tuning date was June-6-58. I had no idea whatsoever that there was such a thing as a STROBOCONN when I was ten. <G> Ron N >> When I was a freshman in high school, (1959), there was a big Stroboconn on the grand piano, which showed every note of the octave, and then bands that corresponded to the different octaves. The band director would have all of us tune our instruments before we started practicing. It was very interesting to watch all those dials spinning around when we played. One time, when we got to the end of loud piece, one note was standing perfectly still. It was the note of the first trumpet player. She had it perfectly in tune. At least it was in tune with the Stroboconn. Whether it was in tune with the rest of the band was unclear. Wim
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