<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/12/04 5:46:00 PM Central Daylight Time, eromlignod= @kc.rr.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Think about what you're saying, Wim.&= nbsp; The instruments must be designed to adjust sharp <EM>or </EM>flat with= in a reasonable range.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>You said. "A wind instrument can be tuned to anything you like." I took= that literally. I realize an instrument does have the ability to tune a lit= tle sharp, or a little flat. While it can be tuned quite flat, but pulling o= ut slides or mouthpieces, there is a limit on how sharp an instrum= ent can be tuned. And in a lot of cases, that limit is very small.= </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>