Klarinet Archive - Posting 000602.txt from 1998/11

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] =?UNKNOWN?Q?R=E9f=2E_=3A?= Re: [kl] Concert A pitch, again
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 05:53:53 -0500

High pitch in the UK was a' @-----. This was abolished officially in aroun=
d
1939.
Roger Shilcock

On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Jack Kissinger wrote:

> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 11:31:54 -0600
> From: Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] [UNKNOWN] R@-----. : Re: [kl] Concert A pitch, again
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> Dee D. Hays wrote:
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> > This is nothing new. When the international standard was established a=
t
> > A=3D440, there was another standard of A=3D456! Clarinets in the over=
lapping
> > time period were often labeled LP (low pitch around the 440 or so) or =
HP
> > (high pitch around 456 or so). I do not know what countries did this t=
hough
> > as there was also a standard of A@-----.
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> Dee,
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> I have been looking for an authoritative reference that discusses these
> differences. (I always had the impression that H.P. clarinets made at A =
=3D
> around 446 but I don't remember where I got that idea. Now it appears th=
at I
> may have been off by quite a bit.) If you would post your source, I woul=
d be
> most grateful. I would love to read up on some of this history.
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> Many thanks,
> Jack Kissinger
> St. Louis
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