And what about tuning the piano at A458 and play the whole thing one semi-tone lower? Would the cutomer notice that there is a difference between G# 432 and A 432? Just curious. Michel Lachance, RPT JIMRPT@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 2/3/98 6:50:04 AM, kirsi.lassi@pp.inet.fi wrote: > > <<to the pitch a1= 432 Hz. Curious,>> > > Kirsi; > First of all welcome to the list! > Someone at Yamaha, Llyod Whitcomb I believe, told me about the theory you are > speaking of. He said that there was a movement being started by a tuner in LA > to get pianos tuned to A432. The name for this tuning was "Celestial Harmonic > Frequency" and was based on the middle planet of our solar system taking 432 > days to orbit the sun. So with half the planets taking longer and half the > planets taking shorter it is supposed to put all forces in "Pure Harmonic > Relationship". > I don't know the accuracy of this theory, or if there is a planet that takes > 432 days to orbit the sun. > My thought when I heard the theory was, to quote you, "Yeah Right!" > Jim Bryant (FL)
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