[CAUT] International standard?

[Ed Sutton]

According to Lyndon LaRouche, the 1939 conference was called by Joseph
Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda.  The result is that our music is no
longer in tune with the natural resonances of the solar system.  This
happens at A-432hz., which is the true interplanetary standard pitch.

(Yes this is the same LaRouche who runs for president and claims the World
Trade Center attack was carried out by the Israeli army.  Perhaps he is
right about the Goebbels part.)

ES


> [Original Message]
> From: Fred Sturm <fssturm@unm.edu>
> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
> Date: 4/27/2005 2:20:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] International standard?
>
> I checked my bookshelf and found in McFerrin's The Piano - Its Acoustics
the
> following (p 152): "The pitch that has become standard is 440 Hz at 68
> degrees Farenheit for A-49. This standard was chosen as the official pitch
> to be recommended by the American Federation of Musicians in 1917. It was
> adopted by the US government in 1920, by the Associated Music Industries
in
> 1925, and by the International Conference on Pitch in London in 1939."
>     Doesn't say anything about that conference - who attended, what
> countries were represented, etc. But I guess maybe 440 is law in the USA,
if
> this quote is to be believed. Nothing mentioned about a treaty. I'd guess
> the PTG written test is a wee bit inaccurate in its answer to that
question.
> Somebody interpreted "conference" as "treaty."
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
>
>
>
>
> On 4/27/05 12:10 PM, "Fred Sturm" <fssturm@unm.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > 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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