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Re: Buffet C clarinet....high or low pitch?

Author: chris moffatt
Date: 2010-11-15 13:16

Its possible that your C was actually built to A=435 which was the common french pitch (le diapason normal) at the time the horn was made. Maybe the original barrel was just a little longer by a mm or 2. High Pitch used in Britain around that time was A=452. Most horns of this age meant for the british market were stamped "HP". If your clarinet was set to A=452 then using a different barrel to bring it close to 440 would probably have a serious effect on intonation.
Since you don't seem to have remarked this I'm inclined to think your horn is A=435 brought to A=440 by using a slightly shorter barrel. The result, as they say, is probably "good enough for jazz".

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