[Dixielandjazz] [Trombone-l] Trombone inspirations

[Edgerton, Paul A]

> Aren't banjos and guitars tuned in the factory before they are
despatched?

Now that you mention it, I've never seen a banjo with a spatch on it.  I
only wish the tuning lasted as long as the de-spatching.  

Luckily for all the tetracordomembranophonists out their none of their
prized instruments were dispatched at the factory.  That chore becomes
the responsibility of aerophonists everywhere.

Oh, one more small point, string instruments actually do have moving
parts: the strings themselves and the tuning machines used to adjust
their tension, plus the resonating surfaces of the body.

-- Paul (was that another chicken joke?) Edgerton