Klarinet Archive - Posting 000252.txt from 2004/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] pitch standard
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 09:32:55 -0500

At 12:01 PM 11/6/2004 +0100, ferengiz=E2de dani=EAl shawqy wrote:
>Joe,
>I trust you are also aware that it was Josph Goebbels who promoted the
>current standard of 440Hz in Europe and even tried to enforce it on the
>occupied Austrians?
>Standards are always so-so...
>my best,
>danyel

Of course, that does not make the standard WRONG. Like they say, even a=20
stopped clock is right twice a day.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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