![]() ![]() It is a long job however and expensive.Ĭlarinet: a method adopted by theatre clarinettists in the old mixed pitch days, in the lack of a flat pitch instrument, was to hang a length of thick string down inside the bore, having first frayed the end so that it will catch in the mouthpiece socket. Pieces are expertly spliced into the instrument in one or two places and then the whole is retuned. Oboe: the only thing is conversion, an operation in which some repairers have been notably successful. ![]() Much can be done with practice and a good ear. "should one for any reason be obliged to use a sharp pitch instrument in a modern orchestra, the following remedies must be resorted to -įlute: pull out the head joint by 3/ of an inch and bring the notes into tune with the embouchure. I just dug out my copy of Baines' 'Woodwind Instruments And Their History'. Concert pitch has varied a bit over the years.
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