Klarinet Archive - Posting 000134.txt from 2010/11

From: John Brophy <johnbrophy0@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] RES: RES: Orchestral Pitch
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:54:34 -0500

In England, the highest pitch , around the 1880s was 448 in the Queen's Hall
Orchestra under de Costa (Can't find reference just now.)
You probably know about the EU being lobbied by sopranos to agree on 432:
with the revivial of earlier works, the coloratura lasses were having a
difficult life

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Walter Grabner <grabnerwg@-----.com>wrote:

> It's my experience that most bass clarinets tune best with themselves
> at 441 or 442. Like it or not.
>
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