[CAUT] International standard?

[michelle stranges]

Willard Martin gave some VERY, VERY interesting classes on this kind of 
thing recently at MARC. "Tuning of the Spheres" was one of his classes if I 
remember correctly..
I'm no brainiac, and more than half of it went in one ear and out the 
other- but still- it was all so damned interesting that I couldn't help but 
really try and *listen* to what he had to say about it all. (Now 
comprehending it on the other hand..pfft!!)
I'm glad he's on the planet- one of the most interesting to meet- he knows 
SO much.
I think he'd have something to say and add to this topic.
Wish he was here.

:B
her

--On Wednesday, April 27, 2005 3:20 PM -0400 Ed Sutton 
<ed440@mindspring.com> wrote:

> 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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