<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 align=left>Well,  why don't you see what the range is= on your trombone.  + ? cents and -? cents.  I work= with a number of horn players in my jazz band and sax player in= particular has a hard time getting high enough.  New= cork and sand paper...</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>David I.</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>PS..."asinine" is unnecessary!</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>----- Original message= ----------------------------------------><BR>From: "Don A.= Gilmore" <<A= href="mailto:eromlignod@kc.rr.com">eromlignod@kc.rr.com</A>><= BR>To: College and University Technicians <<A= href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>><BR>Received:= Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:45:08 -0500<BR>Subject: Re: A 440 Hz= Standard</DIV> <DIV align=left><BR>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>