William D Revelli, the conductor of fame at The University of Michigan, used to demonstrate this. Whenever a trumpet or cornet player would complain that he couldn't get his horn in tune, Dr. Revelli would take the player's horn, and play it perfectly in tune without making any adjustments to the slides.
Loren Mayhew \@() [EMAIL PROTECTED] (520) 403-6897 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 9:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Hornlist] tuning A very well known horn teacher said in November last year, "Don't bother tuning up, just play in tune" One of the best wind ensembles I have heard never tuned up, they just played in tune. All the best, Lawrence _______________________________________________ Horn mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn _______________________________________________ Horn mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn
