A440 under fire

[Newton Hunt]

> My interpretation of the point of Newton's comments is that you should
> diplomatically initiate a policy with the appropriate person (Music Dept.
> chairman, dean or whoever negotiates your contract) that  any requests for
> variation from A440 (or whatever you can nail down as your local standard) will
> require the equivalent of four tunings: a pitch raise, a fine tuning, and a
> pitch lowering and fine tuning back to A440. Either the department will
> compensate you further, or they will understand that there will be four fewer
> pianos which will be tuned during that semester.
> Get a clear understanding and policy agreement with The Boss, and refer all
> requests for differnt pitches to The Department Policy.
> Best wishes,
> Patrick Draine

Thank you patrick.  Well said.

		Newton