1/2 cent difference on unison

[Don]

Hi Bill,

If you are trying to set A4 at 440 and using HT why do you start at A3??? 

At 01:48 AM 2/4/98 EST, you wrote:
>  If it were an absolute
>requirement that our pitch be within 1¢ of A440 and our temperament be
>absolutely equal to a tolerance of 1¢, in order to sound good or even be
>usable with other instruments, we would all have to be far more exacting in
>our work and our tunings would become unusable far sooner than they actually
>do.
> 
Some of us *do* set the standard this high. One technician on the list
wants to move pitch less than 1/2 cent before he calls it a tuning!
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
"Tuner for the Centre of the Arts"
drose@dlcwest.com
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REGINA, SK
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