That´s why manuals begin with - after the instructions of de-packing the apparatus - : "Push the ON button first, to bring the apparatus into working status."
########################################################## Am 22.04.2011 um 04:43 schrieb [email protected]: > That always reminds me of a really good puzzler that I never quite figured > out. I never could figure out any reason other than not listening as to why > a good trombone player would ever play out of tune since the whole thing > is a tuning slide. Yet, if I had a nickel for every time I heard it I'd > probably have close to a hundred dollars or more. > > Horn players also have an advantage too with the right hand, but right hand > usage isn't always taught proficiently. Then again, not many people can > figure out how to tune their instruments, either. > > (Present company excluded, of course) > > There are also people who don't know how to use the left lane on the > highway, how to make popcorn in the microwave, figure out how to research > their > local politicians, etc. Sometimes you just have to shrug it off and move on. > Such is life! > > -William > > > In a message dated 4/21/2011 10:36:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Yes, we had a caricature of Dr.Karl Boehm as a big turtle & his head, but > with the inscription: "It is said, they might live up to 300 years !" > > Movie "Enemy mine" had a nice reptilian alien, but also nice horn melodies > in the sound track reminding to R.Schumann´s Spring Symphony. We recorded > that in a rush > and ende recording 8 days before the premier. If I recall well, it was by > Maurice Jarre. > > Regarding all that room temp stuff: don´t we have tuning slides to adapt > quickly, even > during performance. > > ####################################################################### > Am 21.04.2011 um 21:36 schrieb [email protected]: > >> The only reptilian aliens I know are in front of the orchestra gyrating > or >> re-enacting their ritualistic mating dance and waving a stick. >> >> Wes Hatch >> >> >> In a message dated 4/21/2011 1:17:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> That's the advantage of being warm-blooded. If there are reptilian > aliens >> >> out there that play bands - their warm ups would probably be a lot > longer >> than ours... >> >> Just joking! >> >> -William >> >> >> In a message dated 4/21/2011 2:11:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> Hi Klaus >> >>> >>> 2. I have no first hand experience with horns, but from my trombone >>> experiences >>> I know, that an instrument made out of thin gauge red brass is much > more >>> sensitive to ambient temperature, especially during long rests, than >>> instruments >>> out of thicker gauge yellow brass. Thickness is a factor as is the > heat >>> conductivity of the alloy. The thin gauge instrument then also will >> raise >>> in >>> pitch much sooner with continuous playing. >>> >> >> All of this will be about how quickly the air column inside the tubing >> heats >> up and cools down. >> >> The interesting thing is that the air coming out of your mouth has a >> pretty >> constant temperature irrespective of the room temperature. Therefore, > the >> effect of room temperature on horn tuning is fairly limited, in that > of >> the >> room is cool, your horn and the air inside will cool more quickly. > That >> effect can be minimised by blowing a lungful of air down the horn > towards >> the end of a longer rest so that the inside of the horn is more nearly > at >> boy temperature when you make your next entry. >> >> Regards >> Jonathan West >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/valkhorn%40aol.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/weshatch%40aol.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/valkhorn%40aol.com > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
