<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Jon, I ran into the same thing when I was a music teacher.  We had about six cassette players, and none of them were accurate when playing back pre-recorded accompaniment cassettes.  The problem can be in the cassette also, as it was at least once.  We solved the problem by buying one variable speed cassette recorder, for those times when pitch was critical. Regards, Clyde Hollinger, RPT Lititz, PA, USA Jon Page wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>I had a similar 'song and dance' routine with local prima dona.  It turned out to be that her piano did not match the tape recorder. . .  Of course the tape is right ! By her account...1/2 step.  She still didn't believe me. Tape speed? are you kidding me?!</blockquote> </html>