I said " *IF* the piano was designed ...", not "I think they were designed..." There is a significant semantic difference.<br>Paul Bruesch<br>Stillwater, MN<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/10/07,
<b class="gmail_sendername">Barrie Heaton</b> <<a href="mailto:piano@a440.co.uk">piano@a440.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
In message<br><<a href="mailto:aaf134ef0707092004j204f3b84i82e04e672ea11137@mail.gmail.com">aaf134ef0707092004j204f3b84i82e04e672ea11137@mail.gmail.com</a>>, paul<br>bruesch <<a href="mailto:paul@bruesch.net">paul@bruesch.net
</a>> writes<br>>But if the piano was designed with A435 (or less) in mind, pitch "correcting" it<br>>to A440 is wrong.<br>><br><br>Why would you think they had been designed for A435 most straight
<br>strung pianos )Birdcage) were made by a few makers and shops put their<br>own name on<br><br>1877 Collard's piano maker standard pitch was A 449.9<br>1877 Chappell Pianos A455.9<br>1877 Mr Hipkins piano tuner
A448.8 (Broadwoods )<br>1879 Erard's factory fork 455.3<br>1880 Brinsmead, Broadwood, and Erard used a pitch of A455.3<br>1885 At an international exhibition of inventions and music in London<br>a pitch of A452 was adopted.
<br>1939 At an international conference A440 was adopted. London<br><br>Barrie<br><br><br><br><br>--<br>Barrie Heaton PGP key on request <a href="http://www.a440.co.uk/">http://www.a440.co.uk/</a><br>AcryliKey Ivory Repair System UK ©
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