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Re: Buffet - older model

Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-09-11 13:48

HP and LP clarinets won't mix due to the tuning - LP is what is used now (440Hz) and HP is around 452Hz, so it's almost a semitone sharp. You can only use a HP instrument with other HP instruments, or an electronic piano or strings tuned up to 452Hz. They play the same music, but HP remained the pitch for brass bands and mlitary bands (as well as some orchestras) for long after LP was standardised.

Post 1939, LP was the standard across the board, whereas before all manufacturers made instruments to both pitches.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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