This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Avery You are right Avery 2 CPS (CYCLES PER SECOND) is 8 cents I think the = problem is I'm talking cycles you are talking cents does that makes = sense. "You are suppose to laugh" . Ron ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Avery=20 To: Pianotech List=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 6:43 AM Subject: Re: 440 vs 442 Ron,=20 At 08:45 PM 2/7/2006, you wrote: Hi Joe =20 I'm sorry but I still would have to see it to believe it. He would = have to play a couple more pianos for me. I have had occasions where the = artist or stage manager pulled out a meter and checked the pitch. Are = you sure he didn't have one. 2 cps out of 440cps, 4 cps out of 880cps 8 = cps out of 1760.=20 Am I missing something here. Isn't 442 + 8 cents difference @ A4?=20 Avery Todd I'm sorry Joe,you will have a hard time convincing me. =20 Thanks anyway for the contribution on A440. I am collecting ideas = and back up for the Symphonic Assoc. =20 Ron May ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Joseph Garrett=20 To: pianotech=20 Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 2:14 PM Subject: Re: 440 vs 442 Mr May said: "I have suggested that there isn't an ear in the = world that can hear the difference between 440 and 442 " NOT! I've personally had experiences where the Artist knew damned = well what pitch the piano was at! One, incidence: Tete Montilo, a = Spanish Jazz Muscician of extremely high caliber. He is blind and only = has good hearing in one ear. During a Jazz Festival, I enjoyed his = playing and told him so. His comment was that the Steinway D was nice = but it would have been nicer if it were at 442. At that time, I didn't = consider that he could really know. After the Festival, he was scheduled = to do a private party in a local Night Club, on a different piano. I was = asked to tune for it. On a whim, I set the piano at 442, just to see if = he could tell. I didn't tell anyone.<G> Immediately after the first = "set", he had his sister steer him to me. He was quite jubilant and = said: "Thank you, so much, for tuning the piano at 442. It makes my = music better!" Yes, there are those who can tell the difference. Do I = advocate 442? Not no, Hell No! IMO, it's just stupid. But, that's just = my o! pinion. Does it make the piano project better? I don't think so, = but there's no way to really tell. On the few, rare occasions, that I do concert work, where 442 is = requested, I will only do it, IF the artist will pay for the retuning of = the instrument back to 440. So far, none have agreed to that, so they = get 440! IMO, the venue should not have to bear the cost of this = nonsense. Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/de/cc/45/2d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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