Klarinet Archive - Posting 000717.txt from 2000/06

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Pitch Survey
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:50:07 -0400

on 6/18/00 9:50 AM, Karl Krelove wrote:

>The oboists in this area generally get out a Korg (or similar tuner) and
>play an A that they lip up or down to show A440 on the tuner's gauge. Thus,
>we can say we're tuning to A440. Of course, the A moves up almost
>immediately to whatever the market will bear, because even the oboist's real
>(non-lipped) pitch isn't 440 once he/she starts playing and trying to
>"project." The Philadelphia Orchestra, I believe, tunes to either 440 or
>442, and of course their oboists are more careful to have a reed that
>actually plays (focuses) at the tuning pitch.

The Richmond Symphony tunes at 440 (and up, as the wags would say!). For
a long while our official pitch was 442. The people who were always flat
at 442 (and agitated for the change) are *still* under pitch, and those
who play sharp are just a bit more sharp than they were before!

My intonation, of course, is flawless ;-)

David
(who, in the immortal words of horn player Philip Farkas, would rather be
sharp than out of tune!)

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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