Klarinet Archive - Posting 000758.txt from 1997/09

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Tuning to Oboes
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 03:02:18 -0400

Is the range smaller than on the bass clarinet??? Surekly not.
Roger Shilcock

On Sun, 14 Sep 1997, Jim Lytthans wrote:

> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 13:16:02 -0700
> From: Jim Lytthans <lytthans@-----.net>
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Tuning to Oboes
>
> R. Tennenbaum asked:
> > Why do we tune to that um, instrument -- you know, the one that looks
> > like a skinny clarinet but with a fancy straw at the end?
> >
>
> Tradition! Actually, the oboe (sometimes know as "the ill wind that
> nobody blows good") has the smallest range of tuning adjustment in the
> woodwind family. If the oboists makes or uses reeds with the correct
> staple (that's the brass tube with the cork), (s)he will be relativly
> close to A440. Besides, they pay more for their instruments!
> --
>
> Jim Lytthans "Primo Arundo Donax!"
> Principal Clarinet
> La Mirada (CA) Symphony Orchestra
> Claremont Symphonic Winds
> (http://www.galcit.caltech.edu/~dooley/csw.html)
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