B flat fork: A B flat fork is higher than A requiring lightening the tines by filing the ends. The electronic devices and tuning bars are good ideas and also with a band saw and do-it-yourself aluminum 1" x 1/4" cut one out, a nice project. Daniel Gurnee, HSU Ret. On Tuesday, January 16, 2007, at 02:05 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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