Why not 440 on a replica? Our Walter copy (Built by Belt) was fine and Malcolm Bilson requested 440. Our fortepiano professor always asks for A440 and Richard West,I believe also kept it at 440. I suppose if you want to be more historically acurate (whatever that means...it depended where in the world you where 200 years ago) then 415, 420,430,or?? would be fine. Paul From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu> To: "caut at ptg.org" <caut at ptg.org> Date: 01/24/2010 09:51 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pianoforte pitch Il re pastore dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Laurence Libin Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 8:44 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pianoforte pitch That's funny. Which opera? Although contemporary references suggest a piano might have been used in Prague for Don Giovanni in the late 1780s, Vienna's opera house apparently continued to use the harpsichord through Mozart's lifetime. Laurence ----- Original Message ----- From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu> To: <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pianoforte pitch > Our opera department is in rehearsal for performance of a Mozart opera in > a couple of weeks and they wanted to use the Fortepiano for the > recitatives but with the orchestra at 440 and the fortepiano at 430 it > just couldn't work. They've decided to use harpsichord instead. That > disparate pitch thing is at least inconvenient! > > dp > > > David M. Porritt, RPT > dporritt at smu.edu > > > -----Original Message----- > From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of > Dennis Johnson > Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 5:48 PM > To: caut at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pianoforte pitch > > Hi- Rod suggests 432, or at least no higher. We have nice piano of his > about 6 years old now. I keep it at 432 and woks well. > > best, > > Dennis Johnson > St. Olaf College > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 23, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Laurence Libin <lelibin at optonline.net> > wrote: > >> 430 sounds right but you could just ask Rod Regier. >> LL >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Porritt, David" >> <dporritt at mail.smu.edu >> > >> To: <caut at ptg.org> >> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 4:35 PM >> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pianoforte pitch >> >> >>> David: >>> >>> The fortepiano we had available at times belonged to the teacher so >>> she set the limits. She never wanted anything higher than 430 and >>> I think that was the recommendation of the builder. It too was a >>> modern replica. >>> >>> dp >>> >>> >>> David M. Porritt, RPT >>> dporritt at smu.edu >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf >>> Of David Ilvedson >>> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 3:25 PM >>> To: caut at ptg.org >>> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pianoforte pitch >>> >>> Modern built "Regier" pianoforte. I'm having a brain lapse, since >>> I rarely tune ours. Just A= ? >>> >>> David Ilvedson >>> Pacifica, CA >>> >>> On Jan 23, 2010, at 1:17 PM, Laurence Libin <lelibin at optonline.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I don't understand the question. Do you mean a so-called >>> fortepiano, wood-framed, 18th or early 19th century? If so, the >>> pitch depends on its date and location, since pitch wasn't >>> standardized. Florence in 1720 differed from Vienna in 1820. New >>> replica or antique? Often, old ones are best tuned below their >>> originally intended pitch for structural and conservation reasons. >>> Iron strings or modern steel wire? Lots of factors to consider. >>> Laurence >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net >>> > >>> To: "Piano Technicians Guild" <caut at ptg.org>; "Piano Technicians >>> Guild" <pianotech at ptg.org> >>> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 3:54 PM >>> Subject: [CAUT] Pianoforte pitch >>> >>> >>> What is the pitch for a pianoforte? A = 430? >>> >>> David Ilvedson >>> Pacifica, CA >>> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100124/4648642f/attachment.htm>
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