Another thing to consider is that all "tuned" percussion instrument, (vibes, xylophones, etc.) are tuned to 442. The harpist might also be at that pitch. So why not the piano? -----Original Message----- From: wimblees at aol.com To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Mon, Nov 9, 2009 5:35 pm Subject: Re: [CAUT] A440, once again... Jim I'm sorry, but this sounds like a personal problem to me (big grin). What we have here is an administration that wants one thing, but the workers want another. The way I see it, you're getting paid the same whether your tuning the piano to 440 or to 442. Sure, you have to work a little harder, but as the old adage goes, yours is not to reason why, yours is to do and .... well, you get the picture. Unless you can show them that the constant changing of the pitch will harm the piano, I don't think you have much of a chance to get "them" to change their minds. The other option is to dedicate a piano for guests artists, or anyone else who wants to play at 440. Just my 2 cents worth. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu> To: caut at ptg.org <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Mon, Nov 9, 2009 5:06 pm Subject: [CAUT] A440, once again... All, Once again there is a push here at BYU to set A442 as our pitch standard. The Director of the School of Music is behind it, and is also the Philharmonic Orch conductor. The problem I see is that most guest artists specify A440. Sooooo… if someone visits we’ll have to drop down, then back up, back down, up, down… I’m getting dizzy just thinking about it. Any strong arguments against? Or am I just “bein’ contrary” as my kinfolk would say?? Thanks. Jim Busby BYU -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091109/ffaf2730/attachment.htm>
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