Klarinet Archive - Posting 000159.txt from 2005/10

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: RE: [kl] Pruefer Clarinet
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:27:56 -0400

Perhaps I need correction??? The clarinet was in tune at either 446 or 447---for Swiss or other orchestras in eastern Europe?

-----Original Message-----
From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Sent: Oct 18, 2005 2:17 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] Pruefer Clarinet

We have a tuner in the shop that is able to be set anywhere from 435-447. Several years ago a customer brought in a modern Buffet clarinet that was "out of tune". Actually the clarinet played very well---it was a high pitch in the key of B! I declined the customers request to alter the tone holes to make it.........!!!

Kurt Heisig

-----Original Message-----
From: dnleeson <dnleeson@-----.net>
Sent: Oct 14, 2005 5:53 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] Pruefer Clarinet

I think I based my answer on the pitch of the note you said you
had to play on the clarinet, when you played a B-flat on the
piano.

When a B-flat is played on the piano and you play a C and the two
notes sound the same, you are in tune.

When a B-flat is played on the piano and you play a B-natural and
the two sound the same, that is a low pitch clarinet.

When a B-flat is played on the piano and you play a C-sharp and
the two sound the same, that is a high pitch clarinet.

(Somebody corroborate this incase I am thinking upside down).

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Roberts [mailto:timr@-----.com]
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 2:29 PM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] Pruefer Clarinet

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 05:44:34 -0700, "dnleeson"
<dnleeson@-----.net>

>In my opinion, the instrument you describe is a low pitch B-flat
>clarinet. In the 1920s, when one was called for a gig, the
first
>question that was asked by the player was about pitch. He or
she
>had to know which instrument to bring, and a request that player
>bring an LP clarinet was commonplace.
>

You meant to say "high pitch", yes? An old, high pitch B-flat
clarinet
would be able to simulate something close to a B-natural clarinet
at
A440. It would still be about 25 cents flat.

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

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