The flutists all demand A-440. It is my understanding that flutists (and other woodwind players) can barely tune below 440 (assuming that they are playing an instrument designed for 440). A little sharper, yes, but flat, not so much. Alan Eder -----Original Message----- From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> To: caut <caut at ptg.org> Cc: Christopher Marks <cmarks2 at unl.edu> Sent: Mon, Oct 11, 2010 8:42 am Subject: Re: [CAUT] Harpsichord popping strings Good question! I'm not sure of the "designed"pitch. The flutists all demand A-440. Perhaps it's too overstretched? Perhaps it was made for more like A415? or lower?????? I'llhave to ask Richard West, former tech with this instrument to see. Wehave a Benn and a "kit" instrument that works really well at440 with little or no broken strings. noble and fine research to lookinto. Nobody will by happy with it then.....(non keyboard students). they all really want to use A-440, but then again...can't they adjusttheir instruments flat???? Perhaps spoiled or non educated. You know, the action is transferableto a lower pitch.....maybe we've been tuning it all these years at toohigh of tension????? I'll look into that as well. Nay...that makes no senseas i think about it. That would make the tension even higher!! Nobodyhas ever asked me to change to 415 however. I could just tune to 435 andsay that's all it can handle? But then, of course, some smartypantswill come in and say 440 is ok. Then again and again, I can say,It's not designed for 440! OMG this frustrates my mind to no end! Paul From: Laurence Libin <lelibin at optonline.net> To: caut at ptg.org Date: 10/11/2010 12:51 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Harpsichord popping strings Forgive me for bringing this up, but is theharpsichord tuned at the designed pitch? Laurence ----- Original Message ----- From: JimBusby To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 1:43 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Harpsichord popping strings David, Mine is a Martin, and youare correct. Best, Jim From: caut-bounces at ptg.org[mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org]On Behalf Of Porritt, David Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 11:40 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Harpsichord popping strings What brand?? Martinharpsichords are pretty high tension devices and if they go sharp in higherhumidity they’ll break strings. dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org]On Behalf Of Paul T Williams Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 12:22 PM To: CAUTlist Subject: [CAUT] Harpsichord popping strings H Cauters, One of our harpsichords pops strings all by itself! I have to replacestrings all the time and it's rarely played. I used to think it was excessivehumidity in this sub-basement room, but now again, 3 more strings havepopped in the last week or so and the humidity is very low. Our othertwo harpsichords almost never break strings and also hold their tune muchbetter than this one, and played about equally. What's going on with it? Any ideas? Thanks -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101012/30805df8/attachment-0001.htm>
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