[CAUT] Bb fork

[Fred Sturm]

Oops, brain dead from inhaling that lacquer thinner earlier. This only works
in an alternate universe where Bb is flatter than A. In our universe, cut
off the end with a hack saw or a file. I¹m sure a half step would be
possible. With a C fork, adding weight to the end will work.

Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico

On 1/16/07 3:36 PM, "Fred Sturm" <fssturm at unm.edu> wrote:

> 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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