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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=622292912-26072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I have had a couple persons notice the dfference betweeen
440 and 438............</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>l<SPAN
class=622292912-26072006>es bartlett</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>David
Nereson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 26, 2006 1:43 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech
List<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: A 435 or A 440 ?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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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
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Hello</SPAN></FONT><FONT
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Jack
Houweling</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy size=2><SPAN
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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">
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</SPAN>--David Nereson, RPT <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV><BR>
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