Klarinet Archive - Posting 000159.txt from 1994/10

From: Cary Karp <karp@-----.SE>
Subj: Re: the Clarinet d'amour
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 00:33:04 -0400

On Sat, 15 Oct 1994, Timothy Tikker wrote:

> Which reminds me: one thing which puzzles me about modern chalumeaux is
> that so many are pitched at A440, when their repertoire is baroque, and
> if you want to play with an authentic instruments group you'll need A415...

A415 is pretty much of a myth. There were several pitches in use during
the "Baroque" and if a single one were to be adopted for general use in
period instrumental contexts it could justifiably be argued to be
significantly lower than 415.

> > I have access to a drawer filled with clarinets d'amore and will take a
> > close look at them in this regard.
>
> I'm very interested to hear what you find. Does your access make it
> possible to play them?

Yes it does. A few drawers over from them is the largest known single
stash of 18th century chalumeaux. I made a tape of them for the purpose of
determining their pitches a while back together with Eric Hoeprich. I'll
see if the tape is still around.

Cary Karp <ck@-----.se>

   
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