[Trombone-l] (WAS) How to learn about F attachment

[Raymond Horton]

Of course oboe players can tune.  they can pull and push their reed in 
and out, or they have other reeds in their case..   The reason we tune 
to them is because of the sound, and tradition.

RBH

Louisville Orchestra



Keith Marr wrote:
> Listers have picked up on this comment, actuually it's a typo. I meant to 
> say "tune TO the oboe". I bet the oboe player has problems when we tune to a 
> church organ, as seems to be the case when there's one in the score. For 
> that matter if 2nd oboe isn't in tune with 1st what do they do about it? 
> Probably just play out of tune eh . . .
>
> Cheers!
>
> Keith in Bb/F/D
> Bass Trombone
> St Albans Symphony Orchestra
> North Herts Big Band
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>   
>>> I played next to a guy a few months ago who tuned his fourth line F on the
>>> valve to the same note on the open horn. It didn't seem to occur to him to
>>> tune the oboe . . . hmmm!
>>>       
>> The reason the orchestra tunes to the oboes is that you can't tune an 
>> oboe.
>> The best you can do is to carve a new reed, in a slightly different pitch. 
>>     
>
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