Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1901 — Why They Tune Up. [ARTICLE]

Why They Tune Up.

It has often puzzled the uninitiated to give a reason why musicians tuno their instruments in public, and not before they enter the orchestra. If they tuned their instruments before entering the theater or concert room, the temperature is very apt to be different in the place of performance, and therefore the instruments would not be in tune. A piano that is In a cold room would get out of tune If the room were suddenly heated.