Mortal Fear of Pitch Raising?

[Robert Wilson]

--- Tvak@AOL.COM wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 1/9/02 9:06:49 PM,
> joegarrett@earthlink.net writes:
> 
> << to raise a piano to it's designed
> 
> pitch. >>
> 
> It is my impression that A440 was a standard that
> was not initiated until the 
> 1930's.  In this discussion of raising pitch, I have
> yet to see someone bring 
> up the possibility that indeed, that piano
> manufactured in 1901 was never 
> intended to be tuned to A440.  
> 
> Tom Sivak

Yes, Tom - I have made that point and I am only in
favour of bringing old pianos to their original pitch
and not taking them the extra distance when they were
never intended to be there, and at 100 years old too!


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