<html><div>At 06:20 AM 09/14/1999 -0500, you wrote:</div> <div>>John,</div> <div>>I raised our D Steinway  concert piano  to 444 for the International Double</div> <div>>Reed Society convention this Summer.  </div> <div>>would advise not to disrupt the pitch level.</div> <div>>Joel</div> <br> <div>Joel...,</div> <br> Being a former oboist,  I'm curious as to where the impetus for A444 came from.  Any idea? <BR> <u>David Skolnik<br> Work<br> </u>dskolnik@msmnyc.edu <br> 212 749-2802, ext 455/355<br> <u>Home<br> </u>skolnik@ibm.net <br> 212 222-2394 </html>