I've been spending a lot of my time lately playing tenor sackbut in Ren loud bands and pitch in that world has a lot of variety. A-440 is the most common, followed by A-415, but a number of the players I know (cornetto, in particular) also have "high pitch" instruments at A-465. I know some early trombone players who have A-430 instruments for classical repertoire (Egger makes one). I've also heard of some low pitch instruments out there (A-392) but I've never encountered one.
Guy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of stephen arndt Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 11:40 AM To: Edward Martin; Ron Andrico Cc: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch For what it's worth, some recorder makers are no longer making recorders pitched at 440. They have bumped the pitch up to 442. At the Von Huene Workshop, they told me that 442 is becoming the standard concert pitch in Europe. -----Original Message----- From: Edward Martin Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 11:21 AM To: Ron Andrico Cc: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch Nice article, Ron. I agree, in that there is no definitive pitch. We seem to have settled on 440 vs. 415 as standards of modern vs baroque, but what about 460, or 392? With the lute, a few sources state to tune the treble to just before it breaks, and that is where one starts. I am wondering, has anybody on the list read some of the arguments about changing the modern pitch standard as a + 432? ed On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 7:27 AM, Ron Andrico <[1][email protected]> wrote: We have posted our Saturday morning quotations, this week on pitch standards. [1][2]http://wp.me/p15OyV-1qB Ron & Donna -- References 1. [3]http://wp.me/p15OyV-1qB To get on or off this list see list information at [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://wp.me/p15OyV-1qB 3. http://wp.me/p15OyV-1qB 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
