A-442?

[David Denison]

Funny you should mention it.  Although not my regular gig, I recently filled
in at the Tilles center for the regular tech who was out of town that
weekend.  The Bolshoi Orchestra was performing and requested A442 for the
soloist.  The house Steinway D (#117) is maintained, more or less, at 440
(so is the CFIII Yamaha).  Rather than chase the pitch around on the house
piano, the artist (sorry, didn't get his name) chose another one (#145) at
Steinway Hall which was tuned to 442 when it came in.  Made my life a whole
lot easier.

David Denison, RPT
Long Island, NY
Nassau Chapter

"Keep It Simple"


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Minor" <jminor@uiuc.edu>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: A-442?


> Not much else pertaining to pianos. Thanks for checking on it!
>
> John
>
>
> At 04:20 PM 3/21/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >John and all,
> >I just spoke with the production manager at Tilles Center regarding your
> >observation.  He was extremely gracious in supplying the following
information:
> >1)      The information is incorrect.  The pianos are kept floating
> >between 440 & 441 as a matter of practicality.  He was surprised when I
> >brought it to his attention, and was going to have the information
changed.
> >2)      They stipulate that if 442 is required, a different piano is
> >brought in (from Steinway), presumably at performing group's expense (I
> >forgot to ask, but it would stand to reason).
> >
> >John, did you find anything else of interest?
> >
> >David Skolnik
> >Columbia University
> >New York
> >
> >
> >At 04:01 PM 03/20/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> >>I was searching the web for any references to A-442 and found the
> >>following page for Long Island University with info that says both
concert
> >>instruments stay at 442. Anyone have a possible explanation?
> >>http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/tilles/tech/main.html
> >>
> >>John Minor
> >>University of Illinois
> >
>
>