Have you heard about B flat?

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:20 pm

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... Id=7442915

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Best wishes,
Jerry

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:42 pm

Just as I suspected! GHBs are related to black holes after all!

djm

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:42 am

Nice to know that my fife is tuned* to the universe.

*Tuning of a fife is relative to the environment, speed, and weather you care about Just Intonation or Equal Temperament.

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:42 am

Maybe Joshua played in Bb to make the walls of Jericho come tumbling down.

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:56 am

Flyingcursor wrote:Maybe Joshua played in Bb to make the walls of Jericho come tumbling down.

He did want it to Bb.

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:44 am

anniemcu wrote:
Flyingcursor wrote:Maybe Joshua played in Bb to make the walls of Jericho come tumbling down.
He did want it to Bb.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:45 am

But somebody needs to find out why electric fires are tuned to F#.

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:00 am

Innocent Bystander wrote:But somebody needs to find out why electric fires are tuned to F#.

That would likely be related to the frequency of alternating current electricity, which is 50Hz in some parts of the world and 60Hz in others.

Best wishes,
Jerry

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:37 am

The metal detector wands at the airport sound a B when they alarm.

I don't know that this is necessarily germane to anything, anywhere, but now if someone asks you, you'll know.

A-Musing · Post by **A-Musing** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:35 pm

The endless foghorn, at the mouth of the Coquille River, sounds in A-ish. Maybe in a high wind, it's Bb. Every 40 seconds. Every.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:27 pm

Jerry Freeman wrote:
Innocent Bystander wrote:But somebody needs to find out why electric fires are tuned to F#.
That would likely be related to the frequency of alternating current electricity, which is 50Hz in some parts of the world and 60Hz in others.

Best wishes,
Jerry

Possibly. But since they resonate at the same frequency whether they're turned on or off, I think it has more to do with the size and shape of the parabolic reflector.

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:33 pm

Innocent Bystander wrote:Possibly. But since they resonate at the same frequency whether they're turned on or off, I think it has more to do with the size and shape of the parabolic reflector.

Hmmm.

Best wishes,
Jerry

perrins57 · Post by **perrins57** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:37 pm

Jerry Freeman wrote:
Innocent Bystander wrote:Possibly. But since they resonate at the same frequency whether they're turned on or off, I think it has more to do with the size and shape of the parabolic reflector.
Hmmm.

Best wishes,
Jerry

Jerry, are you humming in Bb?

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:22 pm

perrins57 wrote:
Jerry Freeman wrote:
Innocent Bystander wrote:Possibly. But since they resonate at the same frequency whether they're turned on or off, I think it has more to do with the size and shape of the parabolic reflector.
Hmmm.

Best wishes,
Jerry
Jerry, are you humming in Bb?

I was humming along with the electric fire.

Best wishes,
Jerry

rorybbellows · Post by **rorybbellows** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:51 pm

I usually flatulate at around Bb!!

RORY