Klarinet Archive - Posting 000155.txt from 2005/10

From: or3mondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: [kl] Low pitch - hgh pitch (was: Pruefer Clarinet)
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 02:37:24 -0400

Out of curiosity, I browsed in dictionaries about pitch standards.
Apparently there was once a recognized and formal definition which took
temperature into account. That is, "a" was a different frequency in
cold venues than in warm venues. In those days, many theaters were not
heated and hence the flexible standard.

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