Mortal Fear of Pitch Raising?

[Clyde Hollinger]

If the Reblitz book is right, the international pitch standard was set at A-440
in 1925.

Clyde

> 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