Klarinet Archive - Posting 000565.txt from 1999/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pitch over the years
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 07:39:08 -0500

At 06:38 AM 3/10/99 EST,CEField wrote:
>
>In a message dated 3/9/99 11:12:23 PM, deehays@-----.com writes:
><<Weren't organs built with metal pipes? If
>so, they would have had no pitch changes over time either.>>
>
>What would "spooge" buildup in the organ's pipes do to pitch, if anything?
>
Since the pipes must be tuned frequently, it would probably be unnoticed.
And every 100 years or so, they do serious rebuilding which, I'm sure would
include thorough cleaning.

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