Klarinet Archive - Posting 000164.txt from 1994/10

From: Timothy Tikker <tjt@-----.ORG>
Subj: Re: the Clarinet d'amour
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 01:48:09 -0400

On Sun, 16 Oct 1994, Cary Karp wrote:

> 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.

Oh, I know... I just mean that if you want to play in a present-day
authentic instruments group, you'll need to do it at 415, generally speaking.