[CAUT] Bb fork

[Daniel Gurnee]

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
>