[CAUT] International standard?

michelle stranges stranges@Oswego.EDU
Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:22:59 -0400


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
>
>
>
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