<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">In a message dated 12/28/2002 8:48:56 AM Pacific Standard Time, sbirkett@real.uwaterloo.ca writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Subj: <B>Re: standard pitch in 1850? </B><BR>
Date: 12/28/2002 8:48:56 AM Pacific Standard Time<BR>
From: <A HREF="mailto:sbirkett@real.uwaterloo.ca">sbirkett@real.uwaterloo.ca</A><BR>
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<I>Sent from the Internet </I><BR>
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Stephen</BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"> Thanks for the web address. It was informative and re-enforces my point.<BR>
Also Paul is a native of Modesto and an acquantaince of mine. He's traveled far. Regards- Dale Erwin</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Terry wrote:<BR>
>Does anyone know what standard international picth was in 1850? My Brother <BR>
>recently bought a Broadwood "straight-strung" 6' cottage grand, and i want <BR>
>to tune it to the pitch which would have been correct for its time.<BR>
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Take a look at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/paulpoletti/pitch.PDF<BR>
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Stephen<BR>
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