<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3157" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>Then the director must really have a hard time coping with the percussion instruments, which, from what the percussion prof at UA told me, are all tune to A442. I checked out a few xylophones and marimbas, and they were all at A442. The harp also tuned to that pitch. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Go figure</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, Hawaii<BR></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/29/07 6:47:54 A.M. Hawaiian Standard Time, dporritt@mail.smu.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal>We’ve had this discussion here before about how accurate people’s pitch recognition can be.  I’ve been challenged to create a test to see if some really can tell the difference between 440 & 442.  I have not done that yet but I’d love to.<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal>We did have something happen yesterday that got my attention.  Our Wind Ensemble director stopped by after their rehearsal yesterday to tell me that the concert grand had gone sharp.  He said “I don’t have perfect pitch but as soon as Sam hit the A to tune the group I recognized that it was sharp”.  This was the first thing they did before any rehearsing was done.  I went in to check it and the A did sound high to me so I got out my pocket PC and measured.  A was at 440.69Hz.  The conductor recognized it.  I recognized it.  Not everyone would, but more people that we generally think will pick up on differences that small.<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal>dave<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal>________________________________<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal>David M. Porritt, RPT<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal>Meadows School of the Arts<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal>Southern Methodist University<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal>Dallas, TX 75275<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal>dporritt@smu.edu<o:p></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"></FONT> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Get a sneak peek of the all-new <A title="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" href="http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000982" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>