Klarinet Archive - Posting 000803.txt from 1997/12

From: Grant Green <gdgreen@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Tuning the Orchestra
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 17:57:07 -0500

>I still think that it sucks that the note just _has_ to be an
>A...especially in the case of the low clarinets, I find that to be a
>really unreliable tuning note for me. (I usually have to lip up my E/B
>and F/C by about five cents on any clarinet...)
>
>I figure most professional clarinetists agree (but I'm not sure). Is it
>possible that right before the orchestra tunes, the clarinets don't run
>over to the oboist and say "Quick, gimme a B flat before we start tuning!"
>or some thing similar? ^_^
>
> Shouryu

The director of our wind ensemble insists on tuning the winds to A also.
Why, when we don't have any strings (except the string bass), I don't know.
Fortunately, the brass players were able to talk him into providing a Bb
for the brass. Now, I just wait for the brass pitch, and tune my contra to
the tubas.

Grant

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