Perfect pitch...

[A440A]

Greetings, 
Bill posts: 

>Franz Mohr said in part,  "Over the years, quite a number of people have
 > claimed to me that they have perfect pitch. (snip)  [This] would mean being
 > able to say, without any reference point, that middle A is vibrating at 442
 > cps, or that it is vibrating at 438.  (snip)  No one with their natural
sense
 > of hearing can differentiate..."

      With all due respect, if he did say this, Franz Mohr is wrong on this
point.   I am constantly surrounded by musicians that can tell if a note is
four cents flat, upon first hearing it, not comparing it to other notes, but
just to their internal sense of what it should be..  This is note recognition,
with a lot of resolution, and it happens a fair amount.  Being able to
differentiate between 438 and 442  is child's play to many. 
    I have known painters that could recognize a particular color mix with
descretion that is beyond me.  Why is it not expected that some would have the
same sensitivity in their other senses? 
Regards, 
Ed Foote
Precision Piano Works and Tornado Harnessing
Gnashville, Tn.