Klarinet Archive - Posting 000254.txt from 2004/12

From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Followup question: Greenline and temperature
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:00:59 -0500


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vann Joe Turner [mailto:medpen@-----.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 5:20 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Followup question: Greenline and temperature
>
> Hi All,
>
> Thanks to all for the reponses to my question. I get the list in digest
> form, and so can't reply directly to a response.
>
> I'm puzzling over how the pitch is markedly influenced by the temperature
> of
> the air. I see the logic in it, but am troubled by the oboe. If it is true
> that the oboe's A is remarkably in tune, why isn't the oboe's pitch
> affected
> by the temperature of the air column? (Perhaps it is, and I just haven't
> heard -- for I've been away from my horns for 30 years while making a
> living!)
>
> Best wishes,
> Vann Joe Turner
>
>

There is not a thing "remarkable" about the oboe's A....and their pitch
changes as their instrument warms up, just like everyone else.

Forest Aten

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