Pitch Floating in Universities

Michael Jorgensen Michael.Jorgensen@cmich.edu
Wed, 28 Mar 2001 12:01:20 +0000


Roger,
      I'm Amazed!,  Any advocacy or discussion of non 440 always opened a
massive can of worms on this list.   I can't believe that nobody chewed on
it to death before it went into digest form.   I guess your point makes too
much sense to be debatable.
-Mike

jolly roger wrote:

> > After I wrote,
> >   "always tune to A440".
> >
>
> Hi Mike,
>           Above is the only point that I
> disgree on. Sept tuning 441 where possible, time Nov 1st arrives most
> pianos dive 20 cents due to local humidity conditions.
> Steam heated building that goes to 10% in the dead of winter.   A little
> less stress chasing the pitch.
> Faculty knows that it is being done. Wind instrument studios a different
> story.
>
> regards roger



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