Final Tuning + New International Pitch

[Richard Brekne]

Grin... Happy New Year to you as well Horace... sorry about my last.. I guess I
got started on the ol Aqua Vitæ a bit early ...:) In any case it seemed as
reasonable an explanation as any for switching to 432.  Almost New Age'ish in a
way..

Hope you all have a great one

Richard Brekne
I.C.P.T.G.  N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway

Horace Greeley wrote:

> 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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