Klarinet Archive - Posting 000374.txt from 2006/08

From: "Jim Lytthans" <lytthans@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Tuning
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:26:16 -0400

I've performed with groups in Germany, Austria and England, and found that
the pitch varied widely. Salzburg was 443-4, England 442, Germany 442+. The
Los Angeles Phil tunes to around 443-444 these days. Salonen wants that
'crisp Euro sound" (read: sharp). Some of the players are going nuts trying
to reliably stay up there. Michele Zukovsky bought a new set of 443
Wurlitzers, to accommodate the change. She uses them in our quartet and is
somewhat sharp
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Jim Lytthans
Anaheim, CA

Clarionet. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his
ears. There are two instruments worse than the clarionet - two clarionets.

Ambrose Bierce: Devil's Dictionary 1911

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