<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Wim, check my earlier post for rationale but one thing to note is = that the tuning "spread" in a "good" orchestra is aprox 10 cents. Kind of a nice = stretch. Maybe they weren't thinking, that usually works. Chris Solliday</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@aol.com = href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 21, 2005 = 5:46 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] A440 = percussion</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/21/2005 12:37:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, = <A href="mailto:jim_busby@byu.edu">jim_busby@byu.edu</A> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2>List,<BR><BR>Our percussion teacher told me (this week) = that all new percussion<BR>(marimbas, Xylophones, etc.) are now coming at A442, = and that if you<BR>want A440 it is now special order. He didn't tell me which = companies,<BR>just the ones he typically orders from.<BR><BR>Jim = Busby = BYU<BR>_______________________________________________</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE= ></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>I found out about this a couple of months ago when the harp = player told me she tunes to 442 to be in tune with the percussion instruments. But the oboe plays 440, and no one has asked me = to tune the piano to 442. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>For those orchestras that tune to 440, but use mallet instruments = tuned to 442, doesn't the conductor complain these instruments aren't = in tune with the rest of the orchestra? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This get's me to wondering if those who seem to be so worried = about it, really know if the orchestra is tuned to 442 or 440? Personally I = think it is just a case of "I want to be different", and/or "I am sooooo good, = that I can tell the difference", when perhaps they really can't. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" = FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>