Klarinet Archive - Posting 000706.txt from 1998/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl]Mozart concerto & pitch
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 23:41:41 -0400

At 11:56 PM 7/20/98 EDT, you wrote:
>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?
>
I'm guessing it is so the manufacturers can sell us new instruments. I
can't think of any other logical reason!

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