Klarinet Archive - Posting 000687.txt from 1996/02

From: B HUDSON <XDPW41A@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Pitch vs Temperature
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 12:55:33 -0500

Now I worried about the re-subscribe business. I didn't receive the
message that David Niethamer is responding to as is copied below. And I
sent one of the original inquires, addressed to David, about issues of
strings tuning verses the clarinet. The question will remain-- was there a
lot of traffic the last two days?

On Fri, 23 Feb 1996, John Jarvie wrote:

> In several recent postings, there have been references to pitches
> varying from 440 to 442.
>
> I know some German/Austrian orchestras play at 446 or higher but I had
> thought that 440 was well accepted everywhere else.
>
> I'd like to canvas the list's experiences on current pitches that we
> have to conform to.
>
> Is the 440 standard dead?
>
> What temperatures do we have to play at? I recollect that the A440
> standard had a relatively low temperature specification (65
> Fahrenheit?). Most clarinets that I've tried play well at 65 but
> raise in pitch dramatically at higher temperatures. In my experience,
> many performance locations measure 75-80 degrees and counting.