[CAUT] Bb fork

[Joseph Alkana]

In that case, the answer is yes, you can buy a tuning fork in Bb, but it 
will only approximate pitch. As a clarinet player of some years I can attest 
to using a plethora of bars, forks, electronic forks, tuned drums, bongos, 
xylophones, marimbas, tons of vibraphones and darn few pianos (because so 
many old timers used a C fork and skewed hybrid temperaments) to get pitch.
And then it was only approximate, but then so was I :-)

So, you have a Bb fork and you want a clarinet player to use it and  play 
third space C at the same time? It would take more hands than I currently 
have assigned to me to accomplish that feat! The bar has it over anything 
for secondary thru college level bands' use.

Ya gets it close and ya lips it! Ask Isaac Sadigursky. And have the trumpets 
pull their slides after a half hour of playing, please!
And if the rehearsal is Monday, tell the trombones it's for Tuesday :-)

Joseph Alkana RPT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willem Blees" <wblees at bama.ua.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Bb fork


> Quoting Joseph Alkana <josephspiano at comcast.net>:
>
>> Most schools I see have an "A" and a "Bb" bar mounted on a wall to
>> use for
>> tuning purposes. Much louder and friendlier to use than a tuning
>> fork.
>> Joseph Alkana RPT
>
> This guy has seen that, too. But he wants a tuning fork, one that's
> easier to cary around, like for a concert or a festival.
>
> Wim
>
>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Willem Blees" <wblees at bama.ua.edu>
>> To: "CAUT" <CAUT at ptg.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 2:05 PM
>> Subject: [CAUT] Bb fork
>>
>>
>> > 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
>
>