Author: Wes
Date: 2016-07-20 23:48
In regard to being able to sing the A tuning note without a reference, it is the same as the 440 note, not a 442 note, as the 442 note was not practiced frequently. Playing at A440 is common practice where I live, not A442. While I've made thousands of A440 reeds, I have never successfully made a A442 reed, since the fairly new Loree and Laubin oboes I have were built to ring at A440 and don't like to play at A442 without pinching the reed while playing.
While clarinet players find playing at A442 not such a big deal, oboe players find it a big deal. In the recent past, there were significant problems with a major New York orchestra that started because of this and even resulted in a lawsuit. The orchestra had bought A442 percussion instruments that the oboist did not find comfortable to play with.
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