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<p class=MsoNormal>List,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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?)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Funny, but almost all his high notes were extremely flat. Or
maybe I’m just dreaming…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Jim Busby<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>p.s. Other than this unfortunate experience everyone else is
very nice and complimentary. <o:p></o:p></p>
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