Klarinet Archive - Posting 000595.txt from 1998/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pitch standard confusion
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 02:09:23 -0400

At 05:53 PM 9/14/98 -0700, you wrote:
>ok im starting to better understand the stabndard of a@-----. BUt I have
>a few questions. If an instrument is designd to play at the standard in
>tune. Then if you try to tune concert a at say 442 or even father from
>the standard say a=446 then will an instrument still play reasonably in
>tune at a=446?
>Secondly are the instruments designed to play at a=440 when the temp is
>72 degrees only. or are they designed to play at a=440 no matter what
>the temperature is?
>
The farther away from the designed pitch you try to adjust it, the farther
out of tune with ITSELF it will become in various intervals, especially
across the break.

Expansion or contraction of the wood (brass, strings, whatever) will cause
the instrument to be slightly off at temperatures other than the designed
one. That can be adjusted with barrel joints, tuning slides, etc. But you
have to start SOMEWHERE!

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