1883 Bechstein upright scale

[JAMES DALLY]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net>
To: <spalding48@earthlink.net>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 2:19 AM
Subject: Re: 1883 Bechstein upright scale


>
>>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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