Word: flats
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...number of candidates for the Brass Band met last night in Mr. Hood's room. Horns' sputtered and cornets' wheezed, and all the north entry of Weld was kept unhappy for a couple of hours. Among the instruments, two trombones, and an E flat Helicon did the most execution. A snare-drum solo by Mr. Morrison was extremely sad and touching, - many wept. The band starts this year under the able lead of Mr. Burbank, with brilliant prospects. It has foresworn "chestnuts" and promises an entirely new repertoire: its only need at present is a few more altos, and anyone...
...rendering of the programme was very good almost throughout; the overture received especially good treatment. Still there were occasional slight slips, and it is a mystery to the writer how the first flute can be allowed to play so persistently flat and with so windy a tone. The Hungarian Rhapsody, with its gorgeous coloring was the most favorably received of the orchestral selections. Mr. Loeffler played in his usual conscientious and artistic manner, making a success of the extremely difficult finale of the concerto, but even he did not succeed in rousing the audience to any great pitch of enthusiasm...
...present time, the flint is entirely ground and polished on one side, but on the other has yet to undergo corrections for diffraction. Whereas it is now slightly convex on this latter side it will have to be ground flat or even a trifle concave, to bring about the desired result. The crown is already ground and is being put through the process of polishing...
Beethoven. Symphony in E flat. (Eroica...
...time, without a hang at either end; the legs are used hard and the hands are drawn in with life at the finish; the slide and back are used at the same time; the blade is well covered at the moment of the catch; the feather is nearly flat; above all, there ought to be no hang at either end, and no let up in the middle of the stroke...