<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I keep having trouble with irritated = throat while tuning.  Does anyone else?  After a day of several tunings my = throat feels as if I have gone through a very long ardurous choral = rehearsal.  I have to have lozenges (sp) in my pocket at all times or I suffer major = coughing fits.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Years ago, while studying at Eastman = School of Music I had to do a presentation on tunings, and I played a recording of = ascending tones.  A very odd reaction occurred in which many of the = people in the class experienced a throat constriction as the pitch being heard = reached the top of their vocal range.  This was obvious as people = swallowed, or clutched at their throats as the sensation hit them.  We all = laughed at it at the time.  Now I wonder if, in tuning, I am unconsciously = matching the pitches I am sounding with a tightening of my vocal chords.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  Does this problem resonate with = anyone else?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Carwithen</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Day, OR</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>