Klarinet Archive - Posting 000359.txt from 2002/07

From: Jim Alguire <jalguire@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Tuning
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:30:12 -0400

Hello all,

This may be more of a curiosity than a question. I have been a returnee fo=
r
about six months now, playing with our community concert band and a small
ensemble. I have always been able to tune with any group with little
adjustment and in college with a tuner I could "hit the needle" right on th=
e
dot.

Just for fun, I recently purchased a KORG CA-30 tuner to see how I was doin=
g
keeping my notes in tune.

The tuner has a calibration and I just assumed that I would tune when it wa=
s
set at 440 (the A @-----. In order for me to center the needle, however,
the tuner must be calibrated to 442. This the same for my two other
clarinets and probably extends to the groups I play in too as essentially I
use the same configuration.

Just for fun before I wrote this, I grabbed my wife=B9s Sweet Adeline pitch
pipe and it is as in tune as it gets when the calibration is at 440.

I guess the question, if there is one, is are we all really at A =3D 442?

Regards,

Jim Alguire
J A Design Studio
Ketchikan, Alaska

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