<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>I wrote right after that I meant a435.  I did a typo in my = first email.  Sorry.  It is written inside the piano on the medal = plate beside the Sohmer symbol.  This is a piano made back in 1890.    I knew to check because a gentleman = I called who rebuilds pianos told me to check inside to see if it was = written or engraved, "A435"  and it was.  I did a history search and most = composers including Chopin composed songs in a 435 pitch.  It was = around the time of WW2 that the 440 became universally accepted. Before that = 435 was most common but there was other pitches that were accepted as = well.  <A href="http://www.uk-piano.org/history/pitch.html">www.uk-piano.org/hist= ory/pitch.html</A>   Check out this website.</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=JWyatt1492@aol.com href="mailto:JWyatt1492@aol.com">JWyatt1492@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 20, 2005 = 12:49 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Has anyone heard = of an "a436" Piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV>Hello _________.!!!!!!!!!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  You did sign your post.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>  Where did you see or how did you determine </DIV> <DIV>that you have a  436  Sohmer piano</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jack Wyatt</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>