Was Military pitch now Medical Pitch

[Leslie Bartlett]

Would one, then, pull a Broadwood above 440?  Would the plate take it?  I
think I'll leave this alone....................
les 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Kerry Cooper
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 5:53 PM
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Subject: Was Military pitch now Medical Pitch


John Wrote

<http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory27.htm>


>Different piano makers had their own pitches: from 1849-1854 Broadwoods
used A445.9Hz, escalating to A454.7Hz in 1874. >Collard's
>1877 pitch was A449.9Hz, Steinway (in England) in 1879 used A454.7Hz, 
>Erard
used A455.3Hz and in 1877 Chappell tuned at >to 455.9Hz."
>
>JD

JD, a very interesting site. Have you ever heard of 'MEDICAL PITCH'? A music
teacher on the Sunshine Coast here in Oz, has been telling her pupils to
have their piano tuned to 'Medical Pitch.

Cheers from downunder,

Kerry Cooper


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