Klarinet Archive - Posting 000286.txt from 2004/11

From: "David Renaud" <manonrivet@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] pitch standard
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 08:32:57 -0500


> Can anyone really hear the difference between 439 and 440?
Fred

Yes, that is enough to make a difference.

4 cents flat changes not only the pitch of a piano but its tone as well.

Clarinet, tuning to something 4 cents flat is a big stretch down for me,
it throws the intonation strange as well.

As for hearing it cold as a listener, I do know a few people, only a few,
that can do this.

So I thow a question back at you, for I don t think we should belittle the
standard easily
without a purpose and intent, as if nobody hears it anyway, so who cares.

If we will not uphold the standard, then who will, and where does that leave
us in 50 years.

Dave
Renaud
RPT
Piano
Technicians Guild

&
woodwinds..... http://drjazz.ca

>
>
> At 03:27 AM 11/7/2004, you wrote:
> >When I opened my store in 1968, catalogs had two sets of tuning forks.
The
> >orchestral forks had a=440, the band forks were a=439. With the coming of
> >cheap electronic tuners from Japan, the standard was a=440 ~ 1972?
> >Later these companies started introducing them with a variable a=440 up
to
> >a=447. Still later they added a static a=435 switch. later Korg came out
> >with a wonderful tuner that went from a=435 up to a=447.
> >
> >We tune the Hastings Band to a=439-----BAND PITCH!
> >
> >Kurt
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: David Renaud <manonrivet@-----.ca>
> >Sent: Nov 6, 2004 10:13 AM
> >To: klarinet@-----.org
> >Subject: Re: [kl] pitch standard
> >
> >Joseph H. Fasel, Ph.D. wrote.........
> >
> >Let me rephrase: There is only one INTERNATIONAL musical-pitch
> >standard. It's a pity that some European orchestras don't seem
> >to see the value in complying with it.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >Interesting................
> >
> >I have a client with a 1927 Chickering 7 foot grand piano.
> >made in the good old US of A.
> >
> >Embossed in the cast iron plate is
> >INTERNATIONAL STANDARD PITCH A435
> >
> > Cheers
> > Dave Renaud
> >
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