<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <title>Message</title> <style>  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Each person’s sensitivity will vary.  Pitch sensitivity even among those without “perfect pitch” is not uncommon, however.   Violinists and woodwind players can often tell when tuning to a piano if the piano is sharp or flat because of how their own instrument sounds.    <div> David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com </div> -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Byron Quam Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 8:59 AM To: 'Pianotech List' Subject: RE: A 435 or A 440 ?   <div> I really question the concept of perfect pitch. Most people that claim that they or other family members have this trait are not accurate. What percentage of these people would be able to distinguish between two freshly tuned, similar pianos one at 440 and the other at 443. Especially if they would hear each after a period of time where they wouldn't have a fresh reference in their head. </div> <div>   </div> <div> Byron </div> <blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> -----Original Message----- From: David Ilvedson [mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net] Sent: July 26, 2006 7:57 AM To: dnereson@4dv.net; pianotech@ptg.org Subject: RE: A 435 or A 440 ? 5 beats per second?...if 442 is about 8 cents sharp, 438 would be about 8 cents flat and 435 getting close to 20 cents flat...that seems like a pretty hefty difference...I'd think it was noticeable to a 440 perfect pitcher... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 <div style='border:none;border-left:solid black 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> Original message From: "David Nereson" <DNERESON@4DV.NET>To: "Pianotech List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG>Received: 7/25/2006 11:43:15 PM Subject: RE: A 435 or A 440 ?     -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Jack Houweling Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:01 PM To: pianotech Subject: A 435 or A 440 ?   Hello   I am working on a Mason and Risch grand piano and the plate has a stamp that says  " International Pitch A 435" .   Is it best to tune this piano to A 435 ?   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?    Jack Houweling     Nobody has PERFECT pitch.  Some people have very good pitch recognition.  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  “an A that’s a bit flat.”   At any rate, the plate and frame can most likely handle having the pitch raised to 440.  You might check to see that the plate bolts are snug.  But yes, it was designed to be at 435.  And 440 is only 5 beats per second sharp at A #49.   There are probably times during humid summers when it’s way sharper than that.              --David Nereson, RPT </div> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>