A 435 or A 440 ?

[Robert Wilson]

Were her pitch recognition skills acquired on this
A435 piano?

Bob
--- David Nereson <dnereson at 4dv.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> -----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
> 
> 
> 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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