<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is what they had at the factory, correct?  I know that if we get a shipment of say, new Yamaha's and = I get a new one for the store right away, most of the time they're going to come = out of the box sharp.  I think they tune them sharp at the factory knowing = that they are going to be getting flatter in transit. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Those Steinway forks could be set at = 457 just for that very reason, I wouldn't assume that they would be used for anything = except factory tunings on new, raw pianos.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just my thoughts,  = Kevin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=eromlignod@kc.rr.com = href="mailto:eromlignod@kc.rr.com">Don A. Gilmore</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> ; <A = title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 17, 2004 = 8:38 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: A 440 = Standard</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>This is very interesting.  457.4 Hz seems = ridiculously high, doesn't it?  It<BR>makes you wonder what their reasoning was.<BR><BR>457.4 is 66 cents sharper than 440.  That would mean = that it is closer to A#<BR>than to A!<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>