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msluyter, do you know what flutes (and other wind instruments) are generally tuned to these days? I noticed some of my sister's clarinet music books show different fingerings for sharps and flats so presumably an extended meantone? Ta :-)

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Modern flutes are all in C. Not sure what you mean by "extended meantone." Most wind instruments can have slightly different fingerings for the same note (more prevalent in clarinet than flute, actually). These may have slightly different intonation/sound. Perhaps that's what you're seeing?

> Perhaps that's what you're seeing?

Indeed yes, I'm talking about what temperament they use not what key they are in. Check the articles I posted if you're interested.

EDIT: could be this..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_musical_system

Clarinets are in A or B bémol iirc.

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