Yes...oh Nordic one...I meant 438...uh yeah...that's it... :-) I knew it varied somewhere over there, my knowledge is gleaned from an off topic discussion in a music history class almost 20 years ago. Still lovin this list... Mitch Ruth DeMossville, KY Kristinn wrote >From: Kristinn Leifsson <istuner@islandia.is> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: RE: Pitch raising on older pianos >Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 18:02:00 +0000 > >Well, we vikings here use A440, and the rest of the Nordic lard balls do >too I think. <G> >A Czech concert pianist I know told me they used really high pitch in the >Czech Republic A444 or something. (Resulting in 8 broken strings a week >for him, and he´s not a harsh player.) >Remember if you´re dealing with English low carbon strings you can raise >the piano higher than with the American one´s. >Ain´t that right guys... uhh persons ? :) > >And monsieur Ruth, am I right to assume that A338 is a typo ? :Þ > > > > >Regards, > >Kristinn Leifsson, >Reykjavík, Iceland > >P.S. Do the chicken come from where you live ? > >And why the hell won´t my spell check (not that I rely on it) recognize >"viking" ? > > > > > >At 13:06 31.8.2000 -0400, you wrote: >>All good suggestions so far, thanks! Yeah Phil, A440 was not set as a >>standard untill the late 1920's and I think in some parts of Europe A338 >>might be what they use (I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm mistaken). >> >>Mitch Ruth >>DeMossville, KY (just 20 miles from Dayton, KY) > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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