Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1916 — Why Orchestras Tune Up. [ARTICLE]

Why Orchestras Tune Up.

“Why,” asked a visitor to the theater the other day, “do members of the orchestra always worry people possessing nerves, like myself, by tuning up their instruments?” It Is all a matter of thermometer, according to a musician. The temperature in different parts of the building is different and the instruments have to be tuned in which they are played. As a rule, the air in a theater becomes warmer as the performance progresses and so the instruments have to be tuned several times. •