Personally, I like A440.00137. But that's just me-just a little tacky, uh, I mean, sharp. Alan Barnard Salem, MO P.S. New customer called for tuning. "Tell me about your piano." Answer: "Oh, it's just an old Steinway. I don't like it very much. The action's too heavy." Ka-ching! I'll let you know how it goes ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 6:26 PM Subject: Re: A440??? > > >Wim it was adopted in 1917 as the Official Pitch by the American Federation > >of Musicians. It was adopted by the U.S. Government in 1920. > >1925 on the 11th of June the American music industry adopted A440 > >1936 American Standards Association adopted A440 > >1939 At an international conference A440 was adopted. > > > > Barrie has a neat little article on the history of pitch located at: > >http://www.uk-piano.org/history/pitch.html > >Jim Bryant (FL) > > > And any day now, it will finally be adopted by a symphony near you. > > Ron N > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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