absolute pitch

[Gregor _]

>From: Mark Schecter <schecter at pacbell.net>
The cochlea shrinks with age, and the same pitch sounds
>higher as you get older.


Is it not the other way round (not the cochlea shrinking but the 
perception)? Most older tuners have the tendency to tune too sharp in the 
trebble. But that could be so due to other reasons: getting older means not 
to hear the high treble so good. So you can´t hear the higher partials 
anymore.

Gregor

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