<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [CAUT] Bb fork</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Oops, brain dead from inhaling that lacquer thinner earlier. This only works in an alternate universe where Bb is flatter than A. In our universe, cut off the end with a hack saw or a file. I’m sure a half step would be possible. With a C fork, adding weight to the end will work. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico On 1/16/07 3:36 PM, "Fred Sturm" <fssturm@unm.edu> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>Hi Wim, I'd recommend an electronic one. Lots of electronic metronomes have a pitch source built in. Some have Bb as well as A and occasionally other pitches. I suspect you could file a fork that far, if you really wanted to. Try it on an old, beat up one and see. You could add weight to the end somehow (eg, drill and tap a hole for a small machine screw), which would also make it flatter.   Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm@unm.edu   On Jan 16, 2007, at 3:05 PM, Willem Blees wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>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   </BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>