<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 04/26/2002 4:59:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, koko99@mb.sympatico.ca writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">May seem like a dumb question, but how do we know when a piano needs to be tuned
<BR>to A435. I've seen many pianos, and don't recall seeing any ( up to now ) that
<BR>stated somewhere that this piano tuned to A435. Are they generally marked on the
<BR>body. I also have never seen one say that this piano requires an A440 tuning. I've
<BR>always assumed that the standard was A440.
<BR>Were these older instruments, in question?? I should stop now, as I feel I'm
<BR>looking into the barrel of a gun. Maybe my powers of observation aren't very
<BR>good, or my memory isn't. In any case, it would be nice to be enlightened.
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<BR>Carl
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<BR>Carl,
<BR> I always do some checking if it has a 4 digit serial number,and need pitch raising.
<BR>Anything else is fair game.
<BR>Good tuning,
<BR>Hazen Bannister</FONT></HTML>