Pitch raising on older pianos

[Mitch Ruth]

Yes...oh Nordic one...I meant 438...uh yeah...that's it... :-)
I knew it varied somewhere over there, my knowledge is gleaned from an off 
topic discussion in a music history class almost 20 years ago.

Still lovin this list...
Mitch Ruth
DeMossville, KY

Kristinn wrote
>From: Kristinn Leifsson <istuner@islandia.is>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: RE: Pitch raising on older pianos
>Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 18:02:00 +0000
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>Well, we vikings here use A440, and the rest of the Nordic lard balls do 
>too I think. <G>
>A Czech concert pianist I know told me they used really high pitch in the 
>Czech Republic A444 or something.  (Resulting in 8 broken strings a week 
>for him, and he´s not a harsh player.)
>Remember if you´re dealing with English low carbon strings you can raise 
>the piano higher than with the American one´s.
>Ain´t that right guys... uhh persons ? :)
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>And monsieur Ruth, am I right to assume that A338 is a typo ? :Þ
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>Regards,
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>Kristinn Leifsson,
>Reykjavík, Iceland
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>P.S. Do the chicken come from where you live ?
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>And why the hell won´t my spell check (not that I rely on it) recognize 
>"viking" ?
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>At 13:06 31.8.2000 -0400, you wrote:
>>All good suggestions so far, thanks!  Yeah Phil, A440 was not set as a 
>>standard untill the late 1920's and I think in some parts of Europe A338 
>>might be what they use (I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm mistaken).
>>
>>Mitch Ruth
>>DeMossville, KY (just 20 miles from Dayton, KY)
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