Then the director must really have a hard time coping with the percussion instruments, which, from what the percussion prof at UA told me, are all tune to A442. I checked out a few xylophones and marimbas, and they were all at A442. The harp also tuned to that pitch. Go figure Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, Hawaii In a message dated 8/29/07 6:47:54 A.M. Hawaiian Standard Time, dporritt at mail.smu.edu writes: We’ve had this discussion here before about how accurate people’s pitch recognition can be. I’ve been challenged to create a test to see if some really can tell the difference between 440 & 442. I have not done that yet but I’d love to. We did have something happen yesterday that got my attention. Our Wind Ensemble director stopped by after their rehearsal yesterday to tell me that the concert grand had gone sharp. He said “I don’t have perfect pitch but as soon as Sam hit the A to tune the group I recognized that it was sharp”. This was the first thing they did before any rehearsing was done. I went in to check it and the A did sound high to me so I got out my pocket PC and measured. A was at 440.69Hz. The conductor recognized it. I recognized it. Not everyone would, but more people that we generally think will pick up on differences that small. dave ________________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 dporritt at smu.edu ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070829/d3701772/attachment.html
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