Klarinet Archive - Posting 001090.txt from 1999/07

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Subj: Re: [kl] Buffet Clarinet - Specification Pitch
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 11:29:36 -0400

Please, I'd like informations about where can you abtain the Buffet
catalogue.
Please, send me more informations.
Mário Marques, São Paulo, Brasil
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De: David B. Niethamer <dnietham@-----.edu>
Para: KLARINET <klarinet@-----.org>
Data: Segunda-feira, 26 de Julho de 1999 23:16
Assunto: Re: [kl] Buffet Clarinet - Specification Pitch

>on 7/25/99 11:33 PM, Michael wrote:
>
>>The reason I was asking is that I purchased a new RC13 some 8 months ago,
>>believing it to be a 440 pitch. Following a recent post to this list, I
>>obtained a copy of the Buffet catalogue for current models and it clearly
>>displays the pitch for all but the Prestige and the Elite) as being 442.
>>The dealer acknowledges the facts. I am now arranging for my RC13 to be
>>tested.
>>
>>Perhaps your assertion reflects one of the reasons proffered me, although
I
>>had tentatively rejected it - that is, Buffet produces different pitches
for
>>different regional markets. This doesn't make much sense to me, but......
>
>I've always wondered exactly how any manufacturer could state with so
>much assurance that their instrument would play at 440 or 442.
>Mouthpieces make a tremendous difference, and can make a clarinet play at
>either pitch. Barrels can have a similar effect. I know that the tone
>holes are theoretically placed to produce either a 440 or 442 scale. But
>given the vagaries of the manufacturing process, and the tendency of the
>wood to change after it is cut and then played in after purchase, and the
>added fact that the difference between 440 and 442 is so small, I can't
>see how manufacturers can say that a instrument is definitely one pitch
>or another. This is further complicated by the fact that the design has
>to be made practical for the human anatomy, and has pitch compromises on
>certain notes as a result.
>
>We switched from A=442 to A=440 in the Richmond Symphony a few seasons
>back. A new mouthpiece, to aid in lowering certain areas of the
>instrument, and I was in business on my Yamaha 72's, which I've played
>(at several pitch levels!!) since 1985.
>
>David
>
>David Niethamer
>Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
>dnietham@-----.edu
>http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/
>
>
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