A440 under fire

[Richard Brekne]

---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment
Ahhh-- Thanks Rodney... my first LEAD... grin.. International Standards Association ..
I will see what I can find on this ... and... about the lutefisk... oh yes you can...
grin..

Hils kona din da!

Rodney Pritchett wrote:

> Richard Brekne wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Ed... I needed a wee bit of support there.. grin.. But ACTUALLY... hehe..
> > I was just wondering if any of you guys off the top of your head knew where I
> > could get a copy or and address to get a copy of this international standards
> > deal from 1939. I know how to handle these folks here and I know this is what I
> > need. I have been plowing through the internet seas looking for something direct
> > about this and cant get past the American adoption of the standard a bit earlier
> > on. And believe me.. these folks wont give a hoot about what a bunch of crazy
> > americans think... grin.. Provincial town Bergen is dont you know.. Home of
> > Edvard Grieg you see... Norwegians can be very proud folks... I just love em....
> > still I have to be able to wift a official looking piece of paper at them...
> > preferably one that is signed by some Norwegian officialdom....
> >
> > So.. which international organization is likeliest to have authority in this
> > regard ?? Anybody ??
> >
>
> Richard,
>
> I found reference to this hiding out there somewhere:
>
> . . . "that A440 was
>
> universally adopted in 1939 by an international
> conference held in London under the auspices of the
> International Standards Association. It replaced the old
> standard of 435 that had been fixed by the Paris Academy
> in 1859 (diapason normale) and confirmed, under the
> term "international pitch," at a conference held in
> Vienna in 1885.
>
> (quoted from the Harvard Dictionary of Music, second edition
> 1969)."
>
> So maybe a check with HDM would give you the ammunition you need?
> Granted, it's not Norwegian, but you can't have your lutefisk and eat it
> too . . .
>
> Rodney Pritchett
> Marietta, GA
>
> OK, and how does a guy from Georgia know about lutefisk??? My wife is
> from South Dakota, and they have lot's of Norwegians there.  :-)

--
Richard Brekne
Associate PTG, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway


---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/41/c6/d0/98/attachment.htm

---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--