<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond Bold"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; = BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>OK so you and I think 442 is crazy. Get = ready---I have the Jersulem Symphony coming to town in a couple of weeks.  = They have requested ---ARE YOU READY FOR THIS--A=441--YEH! THAT IS A ONE.  = So Joe, and you think your guy is good.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron May</FONT></DIV> <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=ilvey@sbcglobal.net = href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">David Ilvedson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A> = ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 07, = 2006 6:46 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: 440 vs 442</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I'm with Mr. May except "most" can't hear the = difference between 440 and 442...and for him to say it "makes my music so much = better" is baloney IMHO...<BR><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Joseph Garrett" = <JOEGARRETT@EARTHLINK.NET><BR>To: pianotech <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 2/7/2006 11:14:48 = AM<BR>Subject: Re: 440 vs 442<BR><BR> <P> <DIV align=left>Mr May said: "I have suggested that there isn't an = ear in the world that can hear the difference between 440 and 442 "</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>NOT! I've personally had experiences where the Artist knew damned = well what pitch the piano was at! One, incidence: Tete Montilo, a Spanish = Jazz Muscician of extremely high caliber. He is blind and only has good = hearing in one ear. During a Jazz Festival, I enjoyed his playing and told him = so. His comment was that the Steinway D was nice but it would have been nicer = if it were at 442. At that time, I didn't consider that he could really = know. After the Festival, he was scheduled to do a private party in a local Night = Club, on a different piano. I was asked to tune for it. On a whim, I set the = piano at 442, just to see if he could tell. I didn't tell anyone.<G> = Immediately after the first "set", he had his sister steer him to me. He was quite = jubilant and said: "Thank you, so much, for tuning the piano at 442. = It makes my music better!" Yes, there are those who can tell the difference. Do = I advocate 442? Not no, Hell No! IMO, it's just stupid. But, that's just = my o! pinion. Does it make the piano project better? I don't think so, but = there's no way to really tell.</DIV> <DIV>On the few, rare occasions, that I do concert work, where 442 is requested, I will only do it, IF the artist will pay for the retuning = of the instrument back to 440. So far, none have agreed to that, so they get = 440! IMO, the venue should not have to bear the cost of this = nonsense.</DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>