<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Joe,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Germans used H for B ages ago.It = still can be found on some antique bar type music instruments.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seems that there were two european = instrumental music lines, German and Italian. The italians playing violins and mostly = in sharps, while the Germans were into the use of wind instruments that = played more in the flat keys.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bb was always there in the key and = referred to as B. So when instruments were able to play more chromatically they needed = to call B natural by another name hence the "H" . At least that was what my = profs told me long ago. I do not have sources to quote.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <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=josephspiano@attbi.com = href="mailto:josephspiano@attbi.com">Joseph Alkana</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> Friday, February 22, 2002 = 3:32 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Frequencies?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Uh, Stephen,</DIV> <DIV>I'm having a little trouble finding HH, h, h1, h2, & h3 on my = piano  :-)  :-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Should I also assume that Diane knows that the only actual = frequency from your chart one might find existing on his well tuned piano would = be A  @ 440Hz?</DIV> <DIV>Joseph Alkana  RPT<BR><A = href="mailto:josephspiano@attbi.com">josephspiano@attbi.com</A></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=birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca href="mailto:birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca">Stephen Birkett</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> Thursday, February 21, = 2002 8:57 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: = Frequencies?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>>  Does anyone know of a site on the net = where I can find a chart giving the frequencies for all the notes on the = piano?  I am at the hearing safety convention and it would be helpful to me in = talking with some of these people who understand frequencies a<BR>nd hearing = but nothing about piano tuning.<BR>> I don't have much time to = research on the internet because of classes, roommates, etc.  and would = greatlly appreciate it if anyone has this information.<BR>> Thanks = !<BR>> Diane Hofstetter<BR>>  <BR><BR>Here ye be Diane, complete with = historical note names:<BR><BR>f(Hz)<BR>1 AAA 27.5<BR>2 AAA# 29.1<BR>3 BBB = 30.9<BR>4 CC 32.7<BR>5 CC# 34.6<BR>6 DD 36.7<BR>7 DD# 38.9<BR>8 EE 41.2<BR>9 FF 43.7<BR>10 FF# 46.2<BR>11 GG 49.0<BR>12 GG# 51.9<BR>13 AA 55.0<BR>14 = AA# 58.3<BR>15 HH 61.7<BR>16 C 65.4<BR>17 C# 69.3<BR>18 D 73.4<BR>19 D# 77.8<BR>20 E 82.4<BR>21 F 87.3<BR>22 F# 92.5<BR>23 G 98.0<BR>24 G# 103.8<BR>25 A 110.0<BR>26 A# 116.5<BR>27 H 123.5<BR>28 c 130.8<BR>29 = c# 138.6<BR>30 d 146.8<BR>31 d# 155.6<BR>32 e 164.8<BR>33 f 174.6<BR>34 = f# 185.0<BR>35 g 196.0<BR>36 g# 207.7<BR>37 a 220.0<BR>38 a# = 233.1<BR>39 h 246.9<BR>40 c1 261.6<BR>41 c#1 277.2<BR>42 d1 293.7<BR>43 d#1 = 311.1<BR>44 e1 329.6<BR>45 f1 349.2<BR>46 f#1 370.0<BR>47 g1 392.0<BR>48 g#1 = 415.3<BR>49 a1 440.0<BR>50 a#1 466.2<BR>51 h1 493.9<BR>52 c2 523.3<BR>53 c#2 = 554.4<BR>54 d2 587.3<BR>55 d#2 622.3<BR>56 e2 659.3<BR>57 f2 698.5<BR>58 f#2 = 740.0<BR>59 g2 784.0<BR>60 g#2 830.6<BR>61 a2 880.0<BR>62 a#2 932.3<BR>63 h2 = 987.8<BR>64 c3 1047<BR>65 c#3 1109<BR>66 d3 1175<BR>67 d#3 1245<BR>68 e3 1319<BR>69 = f3 1397<BR>70 f#3 1480<BR>71 g3 1568<BR>72 g#3 1661<BR>73 a3 1760<BR>74 = a#3 1865<BR>75 h3 1976<BR>76 c4 2093<BR>77 c#4 2217<BR>78 d4 2349<BR>79 = d#4 2489<BR>80 e4 2637<BR>81 f4 2794<BR>82 f#4 2960<BR>83 g4 3136<BR>84 = g#4 3322<BR>85 a4 3520<BR>86 a#4 3729<BR>87 b4 3951<BR>88 c5 4186<BR><BR>Stephen<BR><BR>Stephen Birkett Fortepianos<BR>Authentic Reproductions of 18th and 19th Century Pianos<BR>464 Winchester Drive<BR>Waterloo, Ontario<BR>Canada N2T 1K5<BR>tel: = 519-885-2228<BR>mailto: <A = href="mailto:birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca">birketts@wright.aps.uogue= lph.ca</A><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>