Klarinet Archive - Posting 000065.txt from 1995/10

From: Victor Wyman <wymanvic@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Bob Spring's B clarinet
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 16:30:46 -0400

At 03:00 PM 10/4/95 -0400, you wrote:
>Ed Lacy wrote:
>>[...] Interesting. I have always been under the impression, unsupported
by any
>>evidence which would be acceptable in an academic environment, that high
>>pitch meant A@-----. Any other ideas?
>
>High pitch on in Europe and I believe the US prior to say 1910 was at least
>A@-----. Many orchestral clarinetists got whacked twice in quick succession
>when they switched from high-pitch Albert horns to Boehm and then the pitch
>changed to 440.
Now, I'm confused because my very old one piece Buffet Bb was said to be
A@-----. What's what?
-Victor

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