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The violin is tuned to A and the concertmaster is the #1 violin player who is in charge of tuning the whole she-bang. In times gone buy the concert master would tune his violin to A using a tuning fork, and the rest of the tuning of everything is done from there.




Um, exactly how old ARE you, Johnboy?

My entire existence, the tuning standard (the fork) has belonged to the OBOE section of the orchestra. The Oboist tunes the oboe to the fork, then, on command from the Concertmaster, who is the first chair first violinist, plays the A for the rest of the orchestra and they all tune from that note.


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