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Re: The mysterious B clarinet

Author: jdbassplayer
Date: 2023-03-21 00:44

Is this the book in question?

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=Y2xhcmluZXRwYWdlcy5uZXR8d3d3fGd4Ojc5YjRhOGVjYTlmYzFkNTg

These are the only 2 sections I could find regarding A=452Hz pitch (unless I missed something, please correct me if I am wrong):

"The firm therefore receives orders for instruments of which the pitch varies considerably, the extremes being usually 435 and 445... but certain countries do not hesitate to push up beyond 445, even to 450 or 452, although it is relatively rare"

"To-day, however, by means of a simple needle-index the electronic apparatus employed enables the testers to obtain instantaneously and automatically 25 different pitches, ranging from 428 to 452 vibrations."

The first seems to be referring to the present at the time of writing and does not necessarily seem to imply that Buffet never built instruments at a higher pitch, the earlier paragraph even reinforces the idea that pitch has varied quite a bit. By the second half of the 20th century high pitch as a concept was almost dead so it makes sense that Buffet would not see an order for an instrument tuned higher than A=452Hz at that time.

The second section is just referring to the tuner being used at the time.

To add to the discussion of bore size, I had 2 early 20th century Buffet Bbs in my shop recently, one from 1928 and one from 1909, both have a bore of 15.0mm.

-JDbassplayer

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