1883 Bechstein upright scale

Ron Nossaman rnossaman@cox.net
Sat, 13 Nov 2004 01:19:02 -0600


>Yup, I'm with you all the way.  I definitely want to do a full scale 
>evaluation.  As I stated, the only question I have is, what pitch was the 
>piano originally designed for?  You state 435.  Reasons?  My limited info 
>indicates manufacturers and musicians were all over the map at that time.
>


They were, and the difference between 435 and 440 will likely be under 
1,000 lbs tension with a given (modern) string scale, or about 2% 
difference, which isn't an awful lot spread out over the whole scale.

Ron N


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