Just curious...why did you pick the bassoon as your example? I'm a bassoon player. If you listen to Bob & Tom on the radio in the morning, you hear a bassoon now for the sports intro. Guess what? That's me. I am submitting a bassoon quartet version later this week. They don't know it yet though. Mike Bratcher ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Koval" <drwoodwind@hotmail.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 9:46 AM Subject: orchestral tuning > I changed the subject heading as this is beginning to splinter... > > This came before: > > There are no orchestral fixed pitch > >instruments, except in the percussion section. > > Ok maybe I am using the wrong term. But what are the holes for in the > bassoon? To give a pitch? Why is that not called a fixed pitch? Because > the player can "bend" it? What term should be used then, to > distinguish the pre determined pitch of the bassoon and the variable > pitch of the trombone? Also I would like to know how your bassoon was > actually made. Did the craftsperson sit at a bench and file the holes > so that the pitch agreed with an electronic tuning machine? If so then > your bassoon is in ET. Or if not then what pitches were designed will > tell the anti ET trio what to say about anti ET > <end> > > When you hear a beginning band play a piece, can you hear how out of tune > they play? That is pretty much the factory setting of pitch on all those > instruments. It's not so much a matter that a player CAN bend the pitch, > but that a performer MUST be in control of the pitch, via embouchure, or > whatever means they have to blend with what is going on around them. As a > player develps, they get quicker at putting the pitch where they want it to > be. The holes and keys only serve to get the pitch in the ballpark. Then > it is up to the player to find the righ spot for the note. > > I know what you are talking about comparing a unfretted instrument or > trombone with a keyed or valved instrument, but I'm not sure of the > terminology. I was surprise when I was told by the Fox bassoon person that > their bassoon used a modified just scale. He insisted that ET would just > sound bad. It's on the website that I posted about before. It still seems > to me that putting them in ET would make corrections easier. It may well be > an engineering problem that influenced the decision. > > Ron Koval > > _________________________________________________________________ > Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfeeŽ > Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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