Final Tuning + New International Pitch

[Horace Greeley]

Richard,

Please.

Even I am, ah, err, um, speechless....

Happy New Year!

Horace





At 11:31 AM 12/31/99 +0100, you wrote:
>432 Hz matches perfectly the telelurgic currents proported by the ancients to
>sublimly effect in an errogenous way the sensuality of the subconcious
>underworld. It also is the point at which beats start beating backwards 
>instead
>of forwards... ie... wow wow instead of wow wow. A kind of acoustic pladagin.
>grin
>
>Richard Brekne
>I.C.P.T.G.  N.P.T.F.
>Bergen, Norway
>
>Tom Cole wrote:
>
> > I had planned for the week off until I got a call Tuesday morning from
> > someone who wanted their piano tuned that same day. Furthermore, she
> > wanted it tuned to A=432. I said that I could do it but it would cost
> > $150, thinking she wouldn't go for it. She did hesitate but then said
> > that she needed to speak with her husband (plus probably every tuner in
> > the Yellow Pages).
> >
> > Two hours later, I got another call asking if I was still willing to do
> > the job. So, no discount for being last piano of the year. In fact, it
> > was the first tuning of my career for which I was asked to set pitch at
> > 432 Hz.
> >
> > Apparently, someone was coming to demonstrate that this is a natural
> > pitch that agrees with certainly natural rhythms. I spoke with him on
> > the phone and he said that there is a movement afoot, spearheaded by the
> > Italians, to establish 432 as the international pitch. The rationale I
> > was offered sounded pretty Twinkie-headed. Anybody ever hear of such a
> > thing?
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > Ken Jankura wrote:
> > >
> > > I gave my final piano tuning client of the millennium a discount. 
> Made him
> > > happy, made me happy. He gave me a bottle of champagne. You see, it all
> > > works out.
> > > Ken
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Thomas A. Cole, RPT
> > Santa Cruz, CA
> > mailto:tcole@cruzio.com

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