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color:#215868'>David M. Porritt, RPT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim
Busby<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 25, 2008 4:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> College and University Technicians<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CAUT] Barbie tuner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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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