pitch in 1860

[Pierre Gevaert]

Hi Calin,

I found this in Hardings The piano forte:

Uniformity of pitch is not yet established, though the action of the French Government in 1859 in fixing a standard pitch a' 435 is now widely adopted.

Regards

Pierre Gevaert
Belgium

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Calin Tantareanu" <calin.tantareanu@gmx.net>
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Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:41 PM
Subject: pitch in 1860


> Hello!
> 
> Does anybody know what pitch was used in Paris (France) in ~1860?
> I have a Pleyel upright from that time, under restoration, and tuned it 1/2 
> step low of 440. It sounded awful. But tuned at 440 it is much nicer.
> I should add that it has also a really short scale, so I suspect they were 
> using a pretty high pitch.
> 
>  Calin Tantareanu
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