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Re: Throat tones on very-very vintage Buffet

Author: SteveG_CT
Date: 2012-11-20 13:31

Lelia Loban wrote:

> standardization. If Buffet, a French company, made this
> clarinet for the French market, then it would probaby be French
> pitch. That's still higher than concert A=440 but can be
> brought down to A=442 without wrecking its scale.

Actually I think what is referred to alternatively as "French Pitch" or "International Pitch" is actually A=435Hz and was one of the competing standards from 1859-1939. I have an old GH Huller clarinet built around the same time as Bill's Buffet that was made to play at A=435Hz.

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