---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 3/27/2002 3:35:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, A440A@AOL.COM writes: > Subj:Re: Steinway 457cps pitch > Date:3/27/2002 3:35:02 PM Pacific Standard Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:A440A@AOL.COM">A440A@AOL.COM</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > Sent from the Internet > > Ed--your making a whole lot of sense--thanks Dale > > > >Why do you find 443 absurd? It's an interesting question. Why does A > >443 sound > >more or less good than A 440 or A 457 for that matter? > > The higher pitch does speed up all the thirds and sixths, though by a > small amount. The scaling that is optimum for 440 can't be perfect for > something 12 cents higher,either. How much more downbearing pressure is > created by the additional tension? > Plus, the singers can't sing the literature that was written for the > lower pitches and have the natural vocal breaks be in the right places at > this higher pitch, they are already straining to sing music at a pitch 20 > cents higher than the standard of Mozart's time. > Things can't be the same if we change them. > Regards, > Ed Foote ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/71/ec/a5/0b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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