A 435 or A 440 ?

[Avery]

Beets?????? I thought they were something one ate! :-D
Sorry, I couldn't resist!

Avery


At 09:35 AM 7/26/2006, you wrote:
>Perfect pitch is in the area of three to five beets of perfect.  At 
>the same time there are a very, very few that may be closer, Like 
>when Joe was talking about a person that could tell the difference 
>in two beets sharp.
>
>Ain't this a strange business?
>
>William
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>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] 
>On Behalf Of David Nereson
>Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 2:43 AM
>To: Pianotech List
>Subject: RE: A 435 or A 440 ?
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]On 
>Behalf Of Jack Houweling
>Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:01 PM
>To: pianotech
>Subject: A 435 or A 440 ?
>
>Hello
>
>I am working on a Mason and Risch grand piano and the plate has a 
>stamp that says  " International Pitch A 435" .
>
>Is it best to tune this piano to A 435 ?
>
>The mother tells me the daughter has perfect pitch. She is away at 
>school so I cannot talk to her.  Would someone with perfect pitch be 
>bothered by anything other than A 440?
>
>Jack Houweling
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>Nobody has PERFECT pitch.  Some people have very good pitch 
>recognition.  But to most of them, if you played A435 and asked them 
>to tell you what note it was, they would just say "A," not  "an A 
>that's a bit flat."   At any rate, the plate and frame can most 
>likely handle having the pitch raised to 440.  You might check to 
>see that the plate bolts are snug.  But yes, it was designed to be 
>at 435.  And 440 is only 5 beats per second sharp at A #49.   There 
>are probably times during humid summers when it's way sharper than that.
>             --David Nereson, RPT
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