That is interesting....why would it have a distinct sound? Isn't it the same as playing whatever in one whole tone lower, ie. Instead of A you play in G...? David Ilvedson ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Greg Granoff <gjg2@humboldt.edu> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> Received: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 07:39:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [CAUT] Re: A-395 >As far as I know, this would be French Baroque pitch, but my understanding >was that it was A 392. Period groups use it do give 18th century French >music its particular historical sound, and at roughly an entire step low, >it is distinct--I'll give it that. >Greg Granoff >> Robert, >> >> For a concert coming up, I was told that they wanted to use that pitch >> level for >> some particular music. I forget right now what it was. I wasn't familiar >> with >> it. >> >> Avery >> >> At 06:55 PM 9/28/2004 -0400, you wrote: >>>Hi Avery, >>>Why would you NEED to tune it to A=395? >>>Robert Murphy >>>Oberlin Conservatory >>>Avery Todd writes: >>>>List, >>>>Can anyone give me an idea on the best way to go about >>>>tuning a harpsichord to this pitch level? One of the >>>>ones we have will shift to that position but my SAT will >>>>only go to -198.7 cents for an offset. >>>>Is the offset for that level about double that for A-415 >>>>(101.3 cents) or is it not. I've never had to do it >>>>before, so do not know. Suggestions? Thanks. >>>>Avery >>>>University of Houston >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >Greg Granoff RPT >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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