Hi, Richard!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

AH>  I've seen messages from you in other echoes, and you
AH>  strike me as a man of good sense....  :-)

RW>  Glad to hear that, I try anyway .


         Please be patient with me... I'm an unfinished work.  :-))



AH>  Music hath charms to soothe the savage b(r)east...
AH>  or whatever.  ;-)

RW>  Or root him to the spot in fear in the case of war
RW>  pipes >


         Yes, I'd certainly include that in the "whatever"!  I'm
also reminded of hearing "Onward Christian Soldiers", written by
Sir Arthur Sullivan, played on a pipe organ along with a good choir.  When
they got to "Hell's foundations quiver at the SHOUT of praise"
the entire building shook.  Tsk, tsk.  Sullivan used parallel octaves there
& according to my harmony teacher parallel octaves are against the
rules.  But I think Sullivan knew what he was doing... [grin].



RW>  I remember a kid whacking on a snare drum when I
RW>  was with an ear a foot or two from it adjusting the
RW>  position of a microphone in the studio.  .


         IOW your attention was focused on various subleties when this kid
hit you like a ton of bricks.  I can relate.  Just the other day, I
happened to be sharing a washroom with another female member of our
community band who was in search of toilet paper to plug her ears because
she had to sit in front of the trumpets.  I can relate to that too.  While
James is a drummer, however, I see he's aware of what's going on around
him... as is Nora.  Not *all* drummers or trumpet players or alto saxophone
players are brash, noisy extroverts....  ;-)



RW>  I always liked nice theaters, and dreaded some gyms
RW>  and sports arenas.


         Bottom line is, gyms & sports arenas are not designed with
folks like you & me in mind.  An example of how we tend to fall below
the radar... one of my principals gave permission to the PE teacher to use
my classroom for a noon hour basketball team meeting because it was close
to the gym.  Neither of them bothered to ask me whether I might want to use
it.  When three very large guys (all of whom played large brass
instruments) arrived I encouraged them to warm up as usual.  Shortly
afterwards, the meeting reconvened elsewhere.  :-))



RW>  Otoh the old KRNT radio theater was great to do sound
RW>  in, as was Hoyt Sherman place where they did dramatic
RW>  performances.


         It seems to me that what we're doing involves both art *and* science.
I was privileged to hear a concert at the Albert Hall in England... where even
in the cheapest seats the sound was fabulous.  I gather
"mushrooms" were added
to the ceiling just over a century after the original construction.  I may not
live long enough to see how the newer buildings around here can be fixed.  :-)




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