Bob, welcome in Germany, the off stage brass sounds flat to the player on stage because of the distance. But it is not much. So the off stage players adjust the main tuning slide a bit, just a bit (1/4" perhaps).
Regards Hans PS: Will not be able to meet you, as we leave for Asia in a few days. ######################################################### Am 29.05.2011 um 14:15 schrieb [email protected]: > Greetings from Germany, where we are on tour playing Mahler 2, 6 and 9 for 3 > weeks. Perhaps one of you scientific minded folks out there can answer my > question about offstage brass. Specifically, why do offstage instruments > sound flat from the stage? It's obviously not the Doppler effect, since we > are not moving relative to one another, but a Google search did not tell me > what I wanted to know. Anyway, if anyone knows, I'd be interested in the > answer. > > > All the best to all of you, > > > Bob Ward > Principal Horn > San Francisco Symphony > _______________________________________________ > 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
