---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Ron & List, Something came up on the CAUT list today where someone said that trumpets were now being manufactured for A-442. Is this true? Or is it just an option besides A-440? Just wondering. Avery Avery! First, the difficulty for the designer/manufacturer of any wind instrument is that the player and the player's choice of mouthpiece (and related equipment) has an effect upon pitch that cannot be predicted accurately. Therefore, if the pitch target is A440, then the instrument must be constructed so as to allow for tuning both above and below--that's why there is a tuning slide. If the player needs half an inch of travel in the slide in order to achieve A440, then that had to be built in, or the instrument modified later. AND, even if the player/instrument interface is neutral, so to speak, if the performance happens to be in an environment where the temperature is below normal room temperature, then the instrument will respond at a lower pitch than normal--so the tuning slide must be pulled in to adjust. My guess is that A442 might be a dangerously LOW pitch for a new instrument with the slide pulled all the way in. Stan Ryberg Barrington IL jstan40@sbcglobal.net ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/94/06/57/76/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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