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Re: Clarinet tuning

Author: Micke Isotalo ★2017
Date: 2017-05-19 00:12

Klose, you are absolutely right that experienced players can handle a difference of 2 Hz. Perhaps a preparation with a longer barrel, possible tuning rings or at least practice at the intended tuning level would be needed, but surely it would be manageable.

Anyway some international soloists actually have different sets of instruments for different environments. Karl Leister told on a YouTube video from a masterclass held in the States about his Wurlitzer clarinets there that they were tuned to 440. Since he didn't visit America that often he said that those instruments mostly were "at sleep". Considering that the general tuning level in Germany is 443-445 it would of course be a more problematic adaptation in such cases than just going from 442 to 440.

In my case I mostly play in an 442 environment with an instrument aimed for 443 (as I understand), and only occasionally at an 440 level. As long as the room temperature is around a normal 70 °F I can handle those latter instances fairly, but at higher temperatures I'm in trouble (a temperature change of 2 °C or 3,6 °F is said to affect the tuning with about 1 Hz, according to the Gerold clarinets website).

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