Klarinet Archive - Posting 000430.txt from 1998/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Re: [kl] pitch standard
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 12:24:05 -0400

At 05:54 PM 9/13/98 EDT, Cindy Field wrote:
>Ok, here's a stupid question...from someone whose ensembles tune to A440. HOW
>does a clarinetist tune to A442? I cannot imagine adjusting the embouchure
>constantly. Do you simply use a shorter barrel? And, if so, is it 1mm
shorter?
>
In most of the groups I play in, tuning to A=440, the barrel on my 1971
Selmer Series 10, and those of most others around me, must be pulled OUT a
bit. This is really as it should be, to allow for some tuning correction
in EITHER direction. But if this is not the case for you, a shorter barrel
is the answer, probably 2mm shorter for safety. If it bothers you to have
a gap in the bore, get some tuning rings.

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