Klarinet Archive - Posting 000159.txt from 1999/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bb to A conversion trick
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 02:28:59 -0500

At 09:59 PM 11/4/1999 -0700, Shouryu Nohe wrote:
>On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Bill Hausmann wrote:
>
>> Unless I am badly mistaken, Low Pitch IS A@-----.
>
>Uh...I am a professor of sarcasm yes...but if you are being sarcastic,
>it's not apparent here...so I'm not sure what grade to give you...
>
>(You ARE aware that International Standard Pitch is 440, right?)
>
Yes, but it wasn't UNTIL they lowered the pitch back down to 440, wresting
control back from the violins! Since woodwinds had to be specially made to
match that pitch (vs. violins who just cranked the tuning pegs a bit), when
the 440 standard was instituted, it basically obsoleted most woodwinds.
The new ones were marked Low Pitch or LP to differentiate. High pitch
horns are hard to find these days, since they were mostly only good for
kindling! But beware the ongoing pitch creep to 442 and beyond!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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