Posted by Not really... on November 11, 2003 at 12:07:02:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Most Open Playing BAT posted by That's what on November 10, 2003 at 20:47:25:
A tuner doesn't prevent "Oh, I can lip those notes into tune and these others can be handled with a slide pull and alternate fingerings" optimism. Somewhere down the road, probably when playing someone else's horn, it dawns on the player that those things that he thought he could live with are now unbearable. The proverbial pebble in the shoe...