[CAUT] Bb fork

[Willem Blees]

Don

I have a set like that, but it has B, not Bb.

Wim 

Quoting Don <pianotuna at accesscomm.ca>:

> Hi Wim,
> 
> Try some place like this:
> 
> http://scientificsonline.com/product.asp?pn=3116800&cmss=tuning+fork
> 
> However an electronic source (metronome) may have a Bb as well as an
> A.
> 
> At 04:05 PM 1/16/2007 -0600, you 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? 
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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> 
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Willem Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
School of Music
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL USA