<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It seems like we have been through this = before (likely many times). I really don't know that much about pitch history, = but I seem to recall that 435 may have been common back in the late 19th = Century, and even back then, A440 was certainly used - at least by some. But by the = turn of the 20th Century, A440 was pretty standard. Definitely not the case that = all or most pianos before 1920 were designed with 435 in mind. Or am I way off = base here (my recollection is likely not what it used to be)?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pitch before 1920 was 435.  Most = can take A-440 if not rusty.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim</FONT></DIV> <DIV>James Grebe</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>