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Re: A question of pitch and scale

Author: Wes
Date: 2015-04-15 23:41

Flutes are built with a nominal pitch of 442 because this makes them easy to market in Europe and America. My 442 Brannen flute plays very well at 440, the pitch standard in the USA, regardless of a few orchestras that try to play higher.

I've played the oboe for decades in the Los Angeles area in many groups and have always given an A440 for tuning, with no contention. The Loree and Laubin oboes are made to ring at 440 and it is very hard to make stable 442 reeds.

The R13 clarinets can play at 440 but to play at 442, one only needs to get a shorter barrel. The bottom end may not be quite high enough at 442 and that could be a selling point for those F correction keys.

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