Steve Haflich wrote: >>7 degree F is a little less than 4 degrees C, so expect a sharpening around 12 cents. <<
Very nice explanation, Steve. Here is a true life horror story about pitch and temperature. My older son's high school band competed in a league that had a tournament every November in Scranton, PA. As you know Wilkes-Barre and Scranton can be pretty cold in November. This particular year, his senior year, the band director was so determined to get the band into the top ten, that he had them practicing all morning out in the frigid, windy parking lot (no warmers, jackets or hats, mind you!). Come time to perform, they tuned their now warm instruments to the percussion in the pit. They moved into the stadium and waited for the band on the field to leave. They took their position, but did not re-tune. As they played their now cold instruments, the winds were horribly flat to the percussion. It was awful. They ended up in the same position as the previous year, well out of the top ten. -- Regards, Dave Weiner Brass Arts Unlimited _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
