Klarinet Archive - Posting 000398.txt from 1996/08

From: "Scott D. Morrow" <SDM@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: A Clarinet
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 10:38:17 -0400

>Thanks to all the people who responded to my "stupid question" regarding
>turning a Bb clarinet into an A. Last night I experimented with the string
>thing. I cut the string off a Yamaha swab, so I had a long piece of nylon
>cord about 1/4" wide with a metal weight on the end. I tucked the other end
>into the barrel joint. It was flatter alright, but not quite A, and sounded
>plain bad. I'll keep trying. The only reason I want to do this is that I
>foolishly bought a Music Minus One version of Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet
>& Strings in A. I can't bring myself to tackle the Bb clarinet version,
>which is of course in B major, when the A clarinet version, in C major, is
>right there unfettered by all those bothersome sharps.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Mary White
>Harbour Publishing
>Madeira Park, BC Canada
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This might be an even dumber suggestion, but is there any way you
can raise the pitch of your RECORDING a half step? Some cassette players
and turntables can do this. ( In Dan Leeson's analogy to the sailboat going
under the bridge, this would be lowering the river!)
-Scott

Scott D. Morrow
Department of Biochemistry
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
(410)-955-3631

SDM@-----.edu