Klarinet Archive - Posting 000636.txt from 1998/07

From: <Maestro645@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl]Mozart concerto & pitch
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 23:56:15 -0400

In a message dated 7/20/98 8:31:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, merlinw@-----.ca
writes:

<< In addition, let's not forget that pitch standards have changed a lot since
the piece was written. While I'm not sure what pitch was commonly used at the
time and place that the concerto was first performed, it's probably not
anywhere near A=440, or for that matter any one of the other pitch standards
now in use. >>

And is it just me, or does the pitch seem to rise year after year? Because
i'm seeing some instruments tuned to A445. Why is this changing?
Chris Hoffman

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