In Reply to: Silly. We're not talking valveless horns, here. If they were good enough for Monteux's. posted by jdaniel@jps.net on March 10, 2017 at 09:34:23:
Ravel began to work on Daphnis in 1909 and it premiered in 1912. I have a flute made in Paris circa 1908 and there are differences from the current models. For one thing, it is tuned to a scale based on a = 435, which had been the standard in France for most purposes since 1859. The universal adoption of a = 440 tuning is generally attributed to an international conference held in London in 1939.
Of course, modern orchestras routinely tune much sharper than a = 440.
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- Not entirely silly - rbolaw 10:27:36 03/10/17 (5)
- RE: Not entirely silly - oldmkvi 11:04:28 03/10/17 (4)
- RE: Not entirely silly - rbolaw 16:03:19 03/10/17 (3)
- How do we know that's not just your turntable speeding up? [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 16:57:18 03/10/17 (2)
- It was a CD. ;-) nt - rbolaw 17:10:19 03/10/17 (1)
- OK - NOW we can be sure! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 17:33:44 03/10/17 (0)