Klarinet Archive - Posting 000080.txt from 2004/09

From: "David Renaud" <manonrivet@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] B clarinets/ High pitch Bb (Re: [kl] A bass clarinet)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 10:18:38 -0400

Interesting pitch disscussion.

For reference..............................

At A440 ----
A = 440
Bb = 466.16
B = 493.88
C = 523.25

So your clarinet at 465 would indeed play almost exactly B when fingering C,
But it still 29.37 hz away from a C clarinet.

Cheers

Dave Renaud
RPT, Piano Technicians
Guild
And woodwinds at large
http://drjazz.ca

http://drjazz.ca/pianos.html

> I own a couple of historic (second half of the 19th c.) high pitch Bb
> clarinets: a J. Albert that is
> quite exactly in modern B 440 Hz; a Stecher, Vienna in something like 452
Hz
> (old philharmonic pitch) and most notably a Stengel, Bayreuth that plays
> above 465 Hz, probably made for some military Band (it could serve as a C
on
> 425 Hz, but alas, that would not be a authentic mid 19th c. pitch, the
horn
> is very good though). > To: klarinet@-----.org
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 8:04 PM
> Subject: RE: [kl] A bass clarinet
>
> Well, the high pitched
> clarinet in B-flat is very close to a clarinet in B-natural,
> though I never made a technical examination of the pitch to any
> serious degree.

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