"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
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On 24/01/2017 17:05, Iain Churches wrote:
Blue Tak seems to have been a standard mounting
accessory exclusive to TV music shows. Nowhere else.
String players talked about it often, and aparently told
TV sound assistants "not to stick that muck on my
instrument" So did their violins remain without a
mic? "Call, the sound supervisor!. This clown has
stuck a lump of goo onto my £250,000 Amati"

After 40 plus years in broadcasting, admittedly as a cameraman, I can't
recall ever seeing bluetak being used to attach microphones to anything,
never mind musical instruments.


Musicians have a very special humour.
String players used to say. "I've been at
the TV centre all day. It's nice to come
to a studio where they have proper mic stands"
Everyone knew what they meant!

Iain