[CAUT] Bb fork

[Fred Sturm]

Hi Wim,
	I'd recommend an electronic one. Lots of electronic metronomes have  
a pitch source built in. Some have Bb as well as A and occasionally  
other pitches. I suspect you could file a fork that far, if you  
really wanted to. Try it on an old, beat up one and see. You could  
add weight to the end somehow (eg, drill and tap a hole for a small  
machine screw), which would also make it flatter.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu



On Jan 16, 2007, at 3:05 PM, Willem Blees wrote:

> Have any of you ever heard of a Bb fork? One of our assistant band
> directors asked if there was such a thing. He said most Junior and
> High School band pieces are in F or Bb. It would give the clarinet (or
> trumpet), something to tune off. Would it be possible to file the
> throat of an A fork up to a Bb?
>
> Wim
> Willem Blees, RPT
> Piano Tuner/Technician
> School of Music
> University of Alabama
> Tuscaloosa, AL USA
>

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