<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Think about what you're saying, Wim.  The instruments must be = designed to adjust sharp <EM>or </EM>flat within a reasonable range.  Do you = think the musicians tuning to 442 are throwing their horns in the garbage and = buying new ones?  Don't be asinine.  That's what tuning barrels and = rings are for.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My trombone is tuned to 440 and the tuning slide is extended about = 3/4", allowing for sharper or flatter tuning.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My point is that instruments are never permanently tuned = to anything.  This is common knowledge.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Don</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>NO, this is wrong. A wind instrument can be made to go flat, but there is limited to how sharp it can go. To make a wind = instrument sharp, it must be shortened. Unless you cut off part of the = instrument, it cannot be tuned any sharper than the instrument is long, with = everything pushed in as far as it can go.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim. </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>