Klarinet Archive - Posting 000167.txt from 2005/10

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Upward Creeping pitch
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:18:07 -0400


On Oct 18, 2005, at 3:53 PM, Richard Bush wrote:

> Many pro flutes are now built to 442 and Deagon mallet instruments are
> pitched at 442. Clarinets often have a terrible time pulling up to
> these sharper pitch levels.

Actually some Yamaha clarinets are reputed to be pitched at 442. I have
to say that I don't find much of a difference between 440 & 442 -
certainly nothing that can't be accommodated by pulling a barrel or
other joint of the instrument, assuming that the instrument has a
reasonable scale to start with. There are so many tuning variances on
the clarinet that the difference between 440 and 442 doesn't seem to
make a lot of practical difference.

I know that some mouthpiece makers make mouthpieces that tune at 442.
My question, to which I have never received a satisfactory answer, is -
does this mouthpiece pitch designation imply a clarinet originally
tuned to 440 or 442?

David

David B. Niethamer
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/index.html

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