| Re: pitch: a=440 anymore?
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Originally Posted by Manny Laureano  I don't notice the woodwinds in the MO being any sharper than any other section in the orchestra. There are moments but every orchestra has those. We tune, by contract, to A 440 and Osmo pretty much keeps us there. The only time you have to adjust is playing piano concertos in places like Vienna where they play about 444, I think. But thats Doug's job, so, I don't lose much sleep over it 
So, there's nothing for me to expound on, sorry. I practice playing in tune and if I'm in tune with myself I'm generally in tune with the orchestra. | Manny,
You should be lucky, man! Blessed those with sharp pitched horns  ...or probably I should bring once more my horns to spada, especially the C trumpet...440 is fine or me, but my orchestra is playing 442. With the B flat there is no problem but the C trumpet....I have to put the bell and the tunning slide in so I can achieve that. I cannot imagine doing that on 444. If you start on 444 does it not get to 445 or 446 by the end of the first part of the concert?
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Last edited by trumpetnick; 02-27-2007 at 02:32 AM.
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