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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>Jack Houweling<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:01
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> A 435 or A 440 ?</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Hello</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>I am working on a Mason
and Risch grand piano and the plate has a stamp that says
" International Pitch A 435" .</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Is it best to tune this
piano to A 435 ?</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy;
mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>The mother tells me the
daughter has perfect pitch. She is away at school so I cannot talk to
her. Would someone with perfect pitch be bothered by anything other than
A 440?</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Jack Houweling</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle16><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Nobody has PERFECT
pitch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Some people have very good
pitch recognition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>But to most of
them, if you played A435 and asked them to tell you what note it was, they would
just say “A,” not<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>“an A that’s a
bit flat.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>At any rate, the
plate and frame can most likely handle having the pitch raised to 440.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You might check to see that the plate
bolts are snug.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>But yes, it was
designed to be at 435.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And 440 is
only 5 beats per second sharp at A #49.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>There are probably times during humid summers when
it’s way sharper than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle16><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:
1'> </span>--David
Nereson, RPT <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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