A 440 Hz Standard

Don A. Gilmore eromlignod@kc.rr.com
Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:45:08 -0500


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Think about what you're saying, Wim.  The instruments must be designed =
to adjust sharp or flat within a reasonable range.  Do you think the =
musicians tuning to 442 are throwing their horns in the garbage and =
buying new ones?  Don't be asinine.  That's what tuning barrels and =
rings are for.

My trombone is tuned to 440 and the tuning slide is extended about 3/4", =
allowing for sharper or flatter tuning.

My point is that instruments are never permanently tuned to anything.  =
This is common knowledge.

Don
  NO, this is wrong. A wind instrument can be made to go flat, but there =
is limited to how sharp it can go. To make a wind instrument sharp, it =
must be shortened. Unless you cut off part of the instrument, it cannot =
be tuned any sharper than the instrument is long, with everything pushed =
in as far as it can go. =20

  Wim. 
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