<!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 6.00.2900.2627" 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=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/21/2005 12:37:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, jim_busby@byu.edu 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 tha= t 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. Bu= t 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 wi= th 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 i= s just a case of "I want to be different", and/or "I am sooooo good, that I ca= n tell the difference", when perhaps they really can't. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>