Much thanks to Both Herr Hohfsetter :) and our lurking newest addition William Brohinsky... welcome to the throng ! Cheers RicB "William R. Brohinsky" wrote: > > Hi! > > I've been lurking, I admit. But I've been a closet organologist (someone > is bound to say _something_ to that, I know) for over 30 years. So this > is a subject that I can address more securely than regulation or repair, > which I'm learning now. > > Anyway, Conrad's loverly list reminded me that I have a copy of > Helmholtz on the shelf over my bench. This is the Dover edition of the > 3rd edition, "with a new appendix bringing information down to 1885". > The appendix, compiled by Ellis (english translator of the book, which > is titled "On the Sensations of Tone as a physiological basis for the > theory of music"), also contains a list like Conrad's, although more > extensive and with Hz to tenths. His lowest is a=373.1, calculated by > Ellis from an earlier calculation by Delezenne from measurements of an > open organ pipe presumed to be c. (Say that in one breath, I dare you!) > A more "bona fide" lowest measured a is a=373.7, a measurement made by > Ellis himself from a "model after Mersenne". >
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