[Dixielandjazz] Correct Pitch frequency? (was: correct pitch, Ory, Savoy Blues)

[Harry Callaghan]

And I am of course reminded of the guy named Opporknockity who would only
tune once.

HC

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Allan Brown <allanbrown at dsl.pipex.com>wrote:

> This is a question I've pondering of late too. Whilst looking to buy a
> secondhand clarinet I was made aware that there is a difference between the
> tuning of American and European clarinets, although even then not all
> European countries adhere to the same standard. I can't remember the details
> though.
>
> I was chatting to a piano tuner recently and he mentioned that generally
> the 'standard' pitch has risen since the 19th Century.
>
> There is an interesting summary on Wikipedia.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_pitch_standards_in_Western_music
>
> All the best,
>
> Allan Brown
>
>
> On 5 Feb 2011, at 14:30, Bob Smith wrote:
>
> > While we're on this question of correct pitch, does anyone know the
> frequency of concert A in the 1920's. It's not all that long ago that it
> went up from 440 Hz to 442 Hz. The first trombone (2nd hand) that i bought
> in 1947 was tuned to concert pitch B, and to use it in our jazz band I had
> to pull the tuning slide out until it was about to drop off! This of course
> meant I couldn't position the slide to the seventh position, so that low B
> and low E had to be faked with the lips.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Bob Smith
> >
> >
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