▁bought ▁sets ▁of ▁the ▁orch est ral ▁parts ▁and ▁marked ▁them ▁all ▁with ▁min utely ▁detailed ▁instructions ▁to ▁the ▁players ; ▁second ly ▁he ▁developed ▁a ▁clear ▁and ▁express ive ▁conduct ing ▁technique . ▁An ▁orch est ral ▁cell ist ▁wrote ▁that ▁" if ▁you ▁watched ▁him , ▁you ▁couldn ' t ▁come ▁in ▁wrong ." ▁The ▁viol ist ▁Bernard ▁Sh ore ▁wrote , ▁" You ▁may ▁be ▁reading ▁at ▁sight ▁in ▁public , ▁but ▁you ▁can ' t ▁possibly ▁go ▁wrong ▁with ▁that ▁stick ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁you ". ▁Th irty - five ▁years ▁after ▁Wood ' s ▁death , ▁André ▁Pre vin ▁rec ount ed ▁a ▁story ▁by ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁players ▁who ▁re called ▁that ▁Wood ▁" had ▁everything ▁planned ▁out ▁and ▁tim ed ▁to ▁the ▁minute ▁... ▁at ▁ 1 0   a . m . ▁precisely ▁his ▁b aton ▁went ▁down . ▁You ▁learned ▁things ▁so ▁thoroughly ▁with ▁him , ▁but ▁in ▁the ▁most ▁econom ical ▁time ." ▁ ▁Another ▁feature ▁of ▁Wood ' s ▁conduct ing ▁was ▁his ▁ins istence ▁on ▁accurate ▁tun ing ; ▁before ▁each ▁re he ars al ▁and ▁concert ▁he ▁would ▁check ▁the ▁instrument ▁of ▁each ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁wood wind ▁and ▁string ▁sections ▁against ▁a ▁tun ing ▁fork . ▁He ▁pers isted ▁in ▁this ▁practice ▁until ▁ 1 9 3 7 , ▁when ▁the ▁excell ence ▁of ▁the ▁BBC ▁Sym phony ▁Orchestra ▁persu aded ▁him ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁necessary . ▁To ▁improve ▁ensemble , ▁Wood ▁experiment ed ▁with ▁the ▁layout