i recently restored a dead old german, which seems to play at A=450 mhz..
i’ve read a couple of pages about the raise of the pitch during the XIX century, but it’s all about pianofortes or the whole orchestra… or specific on english flutes.
was A=450 a standard in german flutes or it is 445, 448…?
how many standards where developed in that period?
anyone?
McGee’s Website appears to be down at the moment.
However, he documents the rise and fall of pitch (centered at London).
Here’s a link:http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/ from there scroll down the page to find the thread pertaining to pitch.
All the Best!
Jordan
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BullFighter wrote:
“was A=450 a standard in german flutes or it is 445, 448…?
how many standards where developed in that period?”
I’m just a beginner with a recently received Tipple (thanks again Doc), so I do not know much about the flute or flute playing, but I recently read the following in the book “The Flute”, (pg. 92) by P. Bates:
“It must of course be remembered that between 1700 and 1890 pitch in Europe tended to rise, though in a quite disorganised manner, there being no attempt at standardisation between metropolitan centres. Disregarding conventional organ tunings, the extremes seem to have been a’=376.3 and a’=457.2 vibs. per second. Truly the travelling virtuoso must have had a hard life.”
So, I think that the short answer is that there was no widely accepted standard.
BTW, this is my first post even though I’ve been a lurker here (mostly on the whistle side of things) for many years. I’ve learned a lot from you folks. Thanks!
Especially in Europe, the pitch standard employed in one town could be quite different from that used in another town not so far away, as a situation which existed for many, many years.
Today the standard is A=440 Hz.
Somewhat higher, and somewhat lower, pitched flutes can be compensated to modern standard.
YMMV.
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sorry, too late… he’s walking around 