[CAUT] Barbie tuner, Oboist's dilemma; Parting "shots"

[Andrew Anderson]

I wonder if, besides "euro-pitch," this might be something like the  
soloist in the choir intonating a slightly sharper pitch to stand out  
from the choral blend and be heard.

Andrew Anderson

On Jul 26, 2008, at 7:14 PM, Willem Blees wrote:

> One thing that has not been mentioned in all of this is that as much  
> as the orchestra members try to tune to the oboe at 440, it's ironic  
> that the mallet instruments and the harp in most orchestras are  
> tuned to 442. Yet no one ever says anything about it. I discovered  
> that just before one of the Tuscaloosa Orchestra concerts, when the  
> harp was tuning just as I got there to tune the piano. We discussed  
> the pitch, and sure enough, her tuning devise was pitched at 442,  
> and I checked several mallet instruments and found them all at 442.  
> So much for the "entire" orchestra being on pitch.
>
> Wim