Klarinet Archive - Posting 000601.txt from 1999/03

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Pitch over the years
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 03:01:54 -0500

At 05:29 PM 3/10/99 -0600, you wrote:

>Same for woodwinds. There is one pitch that any specific instrument plays
>best at (even flutes with there corps de rechange have only one best pitch).
>Now there is variation caused by a players technique, but it is slight. In
>any case, when dealing with historical pitch, no one really cares about
>whether A was 440 or 442. However, it is of importance that for example
>Parisian pitch rose from roughly A 392 around 1680 to 435+++ by the mid 19th
>century.

The tuning fork, according to my wife, originated in Norway from about 100+
years ago - perhaps 150. It is labeled A 435

RG

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Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Concert Band/Symphonic Winds/Titan Band
Advisor, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
Office: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3411

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