[CAUT] scaling a Tyre harpsichord?

Fred Sturm fssturm at unm.edu
Tue Jan 4 16:17:35 MST 2011


On Jan 4, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Ed Sutton wrote:

> For a start, measure the lengths of the Cs on the Tyre, and compare  
> them to the other instruments.
> This might provide an important insight!


One of which might be whether the instrument is scaled for 415 or 440.  
I would bet on 415 for Tyre. Is it being used at 440? Is the keyboard  
transposing?
Regards,
Fred Sturm
fssturm at unm.edu
http://www.createculture.org/profile/FredSturm

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110104/859336b6/attachment.htm>


More information about the CAUT mailing list

This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC