Klarinet Archive - Posting 000223.txt from 2004/11

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Stuffy Bb (now: Requited Love)
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 17:13:22 -0500

On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:10:44 +0100, ferengiz=E2de_dani=EAl_shawqy?=
<rab@-----.de> wrote:

>You are wellcome to join our standard. Shouldn't be a problem, as New York
>and London used to have an even higher standard (about 455 Hz!) until quite
>recently.
>
>

Well, "quite recently" is a rather extreme exaggeration, since the
official shift from 455 Hz to 440 Hz happened about 70 years ago.

>If any standard for Classical music would qualify as internationally apt
>then it's certainly the Viennese one, especially as you can hardly get a
>decent clarinet at low pitch unless very old or made on request.
>
>

Nobody mentioned "low pitch", which refers to A in the 415 range.
We're all talking about variations on high pitch. The international
standard is A=440. Vienna's use of 444 is the result of arrogance on
the part of the violins.

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- Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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