Steinway 457cps pitch

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In a message dated 3/27/2002 3:35:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, A440A@AOL.COM 
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> Subj:Re: Steinway 457cps pitch 
> Date:3/27/2002 3:35:02 PM Pacific Standard Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:A440A@AOL.COM">A440A@AOL.COM</A>
> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> Sent from the Internet 
> 
>  Ed--your making a whole lot of sense--thanks

         Dale

> 
> 
> >Why do you find 443 absurd?  It's an interesting question.  Why does A
> >443 sound
> >more or less good than A 440 or A 457 for that matter?  
> 
>     The higher pitch does speed up all the thirds and sixths, though by a 
> small amount.  The scaling that is optimum for 440 can't be perfect for 
> something 12 cents higher,either.  How much more downbearing pressure is 
> created by the additional tension? 
>     Plus, the singers can't sing the literature that was written for the 
> lower pitches and have the natural vocal breaks be in the right places at 
> this higher pitch,  they are already straining to sing music at a pitch 20 
> cents higher than the standard of Mozart's time.   
>   Things can't be the same if we change them. 
> Regards, 
> Ed Foote 


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