Avery, Last fall, a professor friend of mine from a local university was complaining to me that their staff technician had decided on his own that all the pianos needed to be at A-442 because "that's the new standard!" (It was news to me.) Anyway, my friend's beef was woodwinds and brass players had difficulty with it. I suppose it's because they weren't equipped with the right parts--different sized barrels, bocals, slides, etc. or whatever they do to make tuning that high easy. FWIW. Barbara Richmond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery Todd" <atodd@uh.edu> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:28 AM Subject: [CAUT] A-440 again > List, > > This has come up again because of one particular string (viola) teacher > here. There was evidently a blow-up of some kind at a Chamber Orchestra > rehearsal last week because of > his insistence, as conductor, that they tune to A-442. His primary > argument for doing > so is that "all the major orchestras tune at least to A-442". > > I understand the Cleveland orchestra doesn't. Is that still true and does > anyone know of > any other major orchestras who use A-440. > > My biggest problem with it here is that as far as I know, everyone (except > him and maybe > 1-2 other string players) like it at 440 and I personally just don't want > to be tuning > instruments back and forth to accommodate this A**. And yes, he really is! > > I thought I'd gotten this problem settled years ago but evidently not. > :-( Anyone have > any quick ammunition I can give to the Director? He's caught in the middle > of it. > Thankfully, though, this time it doesn't involve a piano. > > Thanks. > > Avery Todd > University of Houston > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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