<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=399465811-17112005>Alexander Ellis' article will be summarized = in Ed Swenson's "Old News" column in the January issue of the Journal.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=399465811-17112005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN = class=399465811-17112005> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob Hohf, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Editor, Piano Technicians = Journal</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="mailto:editor@ptg.org">editor@ptg.org</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fax:  262-495-2983</FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV><BR><BR>In 1880, Alexander = J. Ellis published a comprehensive treatise called "History of Modern Pitch". = The following pitches are taken from that source, FWIW:<BR><BR>1845, = Vienna, Marloye Conservatoire [orchestra?]: A 445.4<BR>1862, Vienna Esser = Piano A 454.0<BR>1862, Vienna Proch piano A 445.0<BR><BR>There are also other = tuning forks of piano companies such as Broadwood, Erard, Steinway, etc. = listed. For the time period of 1820s to 1870s, there are more listings of pitches = over 450 Hz than below 435 Hz, with most being above 440 = Hz.<BR><BR><?smaller>Jurgen Goering<BR>Piano Forte Supply<BR>(250) = 754-2440<BR>info@pianofortesupply.com<BR>http://www.pianofortesupply.com<= ?/smaller><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>