To prove that you can! Some people just insist on 440 pw "Dean May" <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com> Sent by: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 05/05/2008 07:15 PM Please respond to Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> To "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech at ptg.org> cc Subject RE: A=440 was Tuning Astute comments. Makes me wonder why getting A so exact to 440 for the tuning exam is so critical. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Richard Brekne Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 6:58 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: A=440 was Tuning Just saw the bit about getting exactly a 440.... and had to offer an observation which has become increasingly obvious with each passing year. In practice... musicians seem nearly without exception totally inept, incapable and downright ignorant of what 440 really is. In reality as long as you say you have tuned at 440, and have some device that shows 440 for A... even if its rigged... pitch can float anywhere between 438 and 442 and nearly no-one is capable of reacting. A rare exception.. Orchestras are the absolute worst.... they nearly all have fast tuned instruments like vibraphones and the like tuned to various pitches...which makes the whole matter rather moot to begin with. I ran into a pop group with a big A= 440 in their contract and came with a rhodes tuned to 443... This is common place. We deal with both 440 and 442 in contracts over here on a regular basis... and I've gotten into the habit of tuning to 441.... 99.8% of the time this is absolutely no problem. I guess I've come to the conclusion that the whole pitch standard thingy is basically overdriven bs. Cheers RicB -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080506/ba9f8df7/attachment-0001.html
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