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GordonH · 04-20-2006, 04:49 AM

I thought some of you might find this amusing.

I went out to play with an amateur orchstra and choir last night (Frank - Seven Last Words of Christ).
During the first movement I could distinctly hear a non polyphonic cellphone ringtone so I started glowring at the rest of the section and passing the word down the line to get it switched off.
Everyone denied having a phone switched on.
Every so often it came on again.
Then the second trumpet pointed out it was coming from the other side of the orchestra so I half stood up and found there was an elderly lady beaming a huge smile sitting behind the second violins playing a 1980's style casio keyboard.

It was the harp part!

Apparently.

(often amateur orchestras cue in the harp part with a piano which sounds fine as its a proper instrument, but the Casio keyboard was just soooooo wrong. It will give me years of quiet laughter).

04-20-2006, 04:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
GordonH Mezzo Piano User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 610	Instrument substitution I thought some of you might find this amusing. I went out to play with an amateur orchstra and choir last night (Frank - Seven Last Words of Christ). During the first movement I could distinctly hear a non polyphonic cellphone ringtone so I started glowring at the rest of the section and passing the word down the line to get it switched off. Everyone denied having a phone switched on. Every so often it came on again. Then the second trumpet pointed out it was coming from the other side of the orchestra so I half stood up and found there was an elderly lady beaming a huge smile sitting behind the second violins playing a 1980's style casio keyboard. It was the harp part! Apparently. (often amateur orchestras cue in the harp part with a piano which sounds fine as its a proper instrument, but the Casio keyboard was just soooooo wrong. It will give me years of quiet laughter).