[CAUT] Bb fork

[Willem Blees]

Quoting Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu>:

> 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

You're not the only one that has that brain fart problem. Of course you 
need to file the top of the tines, not in the throat, to get it up to a 
Bb.  

Wim 
> 
> 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
> >> 
> >>  
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 


Willem Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
School of Music
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL USA