Walter Meyer forwarded this from a broadcast of "Schickele Mix": >Stravinsky was present at a recording of his Septet, ... the clarinetist >realized to his horror that he had just been playing the wrong clarinet >(A instead of Bb, or vice versa) throughout the movement. He had been >off key the entire time and hadn't noticed it. Hurriedly he explained it >sotto voce to the recording engineer, who hadn't noticed it either. They >explained to Stravinsky, who hadn't noticed the off key clarinet either >(!), ... IMHO this anecdote should be taken with a huge pinch of salt. Peter Schickele, whose pseudonym is PDQ Bach, is well known to Radio 3 listeners in Britain particularly on April Fools Day. I cite the following recordings from my CD catalogue listed under Schickele: Chaconne a son Gout; A Zoo called Earth; Last Tango in Bayreuth; Sneakey Peter and the Wolf. and under PDQ Bach 1807 -1742! (sic):- 6 Contrary Dances; The Musical Sacrifice S50% off; The Short Tempered Clavier - preludes and fugues as easy as 3.14159.... in all the major and minor keys except the really hard ones. In addition I have a recording of his Missa Hilarious broadcast on April Fools Day some years ago. Has anyone listened to any of the above? Long may he reign. Ray Stamford, Cambridge, England