<!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 6.00.2800.1498" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Calin asked: "<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>Does anybody know what pitch was used in Paris (France) in = ~1860?<BR>I have a Pleyel upright from that time, under restoration, and tuned it = 1/2 <BR>step low of 440. It sounded awful. But tuned at 440 it is much = nicer.<BR>I should add that it has also a really short scale, so I suspect they were = <BR>using a pretty high pitch"</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Calin,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Helmholtz lists French Commnon pitch @ = 447.5, for that approximate time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>