Help me understand this clarinetist!

[James Grebe]

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> From: MHoffman11@aol.com
> To: multiplerecipientsoflist <pianotech@byu.edu>
> Subject: Help me understand this clarinetist!
> Date: Wednesday, May 14, 1997 8:52 PM

A-442 is 7.6 cents high not 8 cents.  St. Louis Symphony is at 442Hz.
James Grebe
>
> Hi all!
>
> I've encountered a clarinetist in my little musical world who insists on
> pianos being pitched at A442.  He has a Yamaha horn and says that "they
don't
> even make their clarinets tunable to A440".  He also states that almost
ALL
> of the major U.S. symphonies are tuned to A442.  Are these statements
> accurate?
>
> Let's just say that up to this point I've been "accommodating" to his
pitch
> preference.  (up here in the Great White North, I have to correct pitch A
> LOT, and eight cents isn't all that much, to be frank).  But it does get
old,
> doesn't it?
>
> Anyway, do clarinetists prefer narrow octaves or wide octaves?  How do I
keep
> this guy happy? (as he is quite influential in this little cosmos)
>
> My ears are open to suggestions...do you have any?
>
> Stay Tuned!
>
> Mike Hoffman, RPT
> Marquette, MI
>
>