What was "B"?? :) Sorry. Maybe I guessed "B" and that's why I got the score I did. Heheh!!!! Michelle (RPT) --On Wednesday, April 27, 2005 12:10 PM -0600 Fred Sturm <fssturm@unm.edu> wrote: > On 4/27/05 10:35 AM, "Keith Kopp" <keith_kopp@byu.edu> wrote: > >> To all, >> >> Thought you might consider the yellow PTG written exam. Question: Which >> of the following statements is true? Answer: A. International Concert >> Pitch A-440 was established in 1917 by agreement between piano >> manufacturerers. C. The international treaty establishing A-440 as >> worldwide standard pitch was signed in 1939. Correct answer: C. >> >> Keith > > Which, of course, raises the question "What international treaty?" (the > question Alan asked originally). I have never been able to find any > specifics, and nobody I have asked has been able to point me to any. > References in Swenson's article and elsewhere refer to it as an > international conference, which could mean any number of things > (musicologists? manufacturers?) Is this just a kind of popular belief > among our membership (the international treaty statement), or is it true? > In which case, is there some kind of documentation somewhere? Do any > piano technician journals span that period around 1939? Anyone have > access to them if they do? > Regards, > Fred Sturm > University of New Mexico > > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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