Klarinet Archive - Posting 000119.txt from 2003/05

From: "Thiel, Mark" <mark.thiel@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] piano tuning
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 16:37:43 -0400

Tim Parks wrote:
>
>Turns out that my clarinet is A=444 and the piano isA=417. We always had
>trouble tuning. (I thought the clarinet was going to fall apart.) Then,when
>in tune for one note it was way out on the aother end of the register.
>Anyway the Question of the day.
>
>
>Can a piano be retuned with that much of a pitch change. One tuner says
>"Maybe and only with about three trips." anyone else with experience along
>these lines. I would be happy with something close to A=440 since I plan to
>get retire this Old Conn Director (1958) someday and get a brand new
>???????? model.

Well since you essentially have a piano in B, when you retire the Conn, get
yourself
a nice _pair_ of clarinets. Then you can play Bb parts on the A and the
piano
part should be OK. But keep this quiet from certain members of the list.
Of
course if you have a sonata for A clarinet, you'll have to play it on
a Ab sopraninino clarinet and read the piano part up an octave . . .
sounds like a slippery slope, doesn't it?

Mark Thiel

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