Klarinet Archive - Posting 000587.txt from 1998/09

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pitch standard confusion
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 02:09:15 -0400

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From: Matt Palasik <mattp169@-----.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 20:25
Subject: Re: [kl] Pitch standard confusion

>ok then if a clarinet is designed to play at a=440 when the temperature
>is say 72 as well as the other instruments in the orchestra. Then if
>thepitch will naturally go higher as the teperature increaes souldnt
the
>standard include tem. SO lets say we are in a concert hall that is
like
>88 degrees with all thepeople the lights etc.WOuldn't it make more
sense
>to tune slighly highe at say a=441 or 442 so that the instruments will
>play more in tune with themselves.

Yes, it makes sense - and is common practice.

> ANd also with temperature playing a constant role
>in tuning an instrumentwhy is the Standard often described at a=440
when
>the temp is 72 degrees.

The standard isn't described that way; the instruments are described
that way ("will play A@-----.")
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