Alternate Concert Pitches on the Modern Piano, was Re: Old Bosie

[Andrew & Rebeca Anderson]

I tuned piano for a client in Aspen who reported her accordian always 
clashed with her newly tuned piano and asked why.  It was an Italian 
make.  I suggested that it might have an alternate concert pitch before 
discussing stretching and then we tested it, about A-460.  We discussed 
doing that to the piano too, but after weighing the possibilities she 
settled for a normal concert pitch.  I wasn't too positive about how a 
piano designed around 440 would sound at 460 and no, I didn't know how to 
retune an accordian. ;-)
Anyone have comments about the practicality of alternate concert pitches on 
the modern piano?

Andrew Anderson
Las Cruces, NM
At 08:59 AM 1/6/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi Richard,
>
>I think A460 was used on occasion. I don't remember where I read that tidbit.
>
>At 03:54 PM 1/6/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>
> >There used to be lots of standards... and Vienna...where this instrument
> >comes from has a history of dinking around with really high standard
> >pitchs. At present the Vienna Symphony uses A444. When this piano was
> >built pitchs around A453 were floating around. I dont know what the
> >world record for the highest Apitch is ... but Vienna probably would
> >hold it !
>
>Regards,
>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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