Klarinet Archive - Posting 000551.txt from 1999/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pitch over the years
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 23:09:27 -0500

At 08:20 PM 3/9/99 EST, you wrote:
>How did they know for the early years? Are there tuning forks in
>existence for those ensembles (as are noted for some)? I don't think
>there were scientific instruments capable of measuring back then. Any
>information, anyone?
>Thanks,
>Paulette
>
It might be based upon the instruments of the time. This would especially
be true for the organs, but in the days when people did not move about
much, and the instrument maker was a craftsman in your own town, the pitch
standard COULD vary from town to town and wouldn't matter for most purposes.

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