Klarinet Archive - Posting 000569.txt from 1999/03

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pitch over the years
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 10:46:33 -0500

This problem is still with us.
roger s.

On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Mark Gustavson wrote:

> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 09:53:46 -0500
> From: Mark Gustavson <mgustav@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Pitch over the years
>
> Another problem then, and more complex than what frequency to tune to, was the
> tuning system of the scale.
>
> Mark Gustavson
>
> Bill Hausmann wrote:
>
> > At 12:31 AM 3/10/99 -0600, Steven J Goldman wrote:
> > >But, Bill, the fact is that many instrumentalists did move around, and quite
> > >a bit. The top quality players were in demand all over and they toured
> > >Europe for fame and fortune (Mozart for example toured England, Italy,
> > >France, many of the German states, and a good deal of the Holy Roman Empire,
> > >and he was just one of many). The pitch problem did matter and was a pain in
> > >the butt for all but the most provincial musicians.
> > >
> > I'm sure it was! Presumeably they would have to acquire a local instrument
> > to perform on if the difference was significant. As an aside, would it
> > even be POSSIBLE to have perfect pitch under those circumstances?
>
>
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