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8:20 AM, Jon Page wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P =
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" =
size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I don't comprehend the =
devotion to an A fork when a C fork</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px =
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12.0px Helvetica">works just as well, actually easier in my =
understanding.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>A temperament =
starting with a reference A won't deliver a reference C. And it's the A =
which the oboist and the stage manager (and the CTEs) want. Just =
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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Bill Ballard RPT</DIV><DIV =
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">NH Chapter, P.T.G.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: =
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">"A man who =
tells the truth is bound to be found out sooner or later."</DIV><DIV =
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margin-left: 0px; "> ...........Uncle Harry in "The Tailor of =
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