Jim, Somewhere in the back of my mind I seem to remember that Steinway made the New York Philharmonic buy another set of pianos when they went to A-442. Steinway didn't want to see there pianos being raised and lowered. If I remember correctly, Steinway was concerned about stress and stability. So Steinway wanted one set of pianos that would always be tuned to A-440 and another set to be tuned to A-442. Maybe you should ask your department chair to buy separate pianos to be tuned to A-442 . As a trombone player I am concerned about tuning issues as I'm sure the other orchestral instruments are. I can only make my horn so sharp before I have to start cutting off tubing which is something I don't want to do. I can't imagine what the double reed players will have to do when making their reeds. I don't think the difference in brilliance that A-442 is suppose to give you is really that noticeable. Good luck fighting this trend. Bill Heiser -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091109/58857641/attachment-0001.htm>
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