Klarinet Archive - Posting 000300.txt from 2010/09

From: "Kent Krive" <k.krive@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] tuning
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:41:22 -0400

Perhaps the most compelling reason for a band to tune to the clarinet is the
fact that, for every note in the range, the pitch it produces is near the
top of the available pitch range. All other wind instruments utilize, more
or less, the middle of their potential pitch range. If the band were to tune
to the trumpet, for instance, and the trumpet wanted to tune to A=444Mhz,
most clarinets would be hopelessly flat in pitch. In other words, any given
clarinet can always tune lower, but, if "pushed" all the way in, cannot
raise the pitch appreciably without deleterious effects on timbre; or
without carrying a passel of barrels around...

Kent

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Marks" <martymarks@-----.com>
To: "The Klarinet Mailing List" <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] tuning

Yes there is-------Tradition!

On 09 Sep, 2010,at 02:45 PM, David McClune <dmcclune@-----.edu> wrote:

Orchestras tune to A because the strings have too. Bands tune to Bb
because...there is no great reason!

Howard

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