Klarinet Archive - Posting 000126.txt from 2010/11

From: Martin Baxter <martinbaxter1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] RES: Orchestral Pitch
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 07:07:39 -0500

Hi Nancy,
On that theme could one have perfect pitch in Vienna?
When I was at Manchester University the other four members of my group for Aural training all had perfect pitch, as did the tutor (Clifford Knowles, who later led the Liverpool Phil.Orch. However they were not all quite in tune with each other.Clifford was definitely sharp to A=440Hz, as was shown at a rather disastrous concert where he was the soloist in the Beethoven Concerto with the University Orchestra. Prof. Procter-Gregg had carefully tuned the orchestra to his tuning fork, which was A=440. Clifford played sharp to the orchestra the whole way through, and afterwards contended that the orchestra was consistently flat.
Martin

On 11 Nov 2010, at 23:46, Nancy Buckman wrote:

So..... is there such a thing as perfect pitch? Is one person's more
perfect than another's? Please discuss!

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