Klarinet Archive - Posting 000367.txt from 2006/08

From: Martin Baxter <martinbaxter@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] higher pitch standard in Europe?
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:40:24 -0400

PITCH IN FRANCE SEEMS AROUND A=443 I believe it is even higher in
Vienna!
Sorry about those Caps.
Martin
On 28 Aug 2006, at 14:49, John Gibson wrote:

> I have posted about my clarinet intonation book recently and the
> question has come up about the pitch standard. For the Cd's I used
> A440. However, a player in Italy emailed me that if I wanted to
> sell in Europe, A442 should be used.
>
> I did an archive search here and there seems to be some
> confirmation of this.
>
> Does anyone know just how widespread the higher pitch is? Do
> instrument makers have to make instruments pitched differently for
> different markets?
>
> John Gibson, JB Linear Music
> www.jb-linear-music.com
>
>
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