[CAUT] A440, once again...

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Tue Nov 10 07:28:39 MST 2009


Jim Busby wrote:
> Ron,
> 
> You always make too much sense. Why should we make sense??
> <G> But, that is probably what part of my comment will be;
> support your decision with reason, address the contrary
> points. 

It's always amazed me that such a big deal is made of such a 
small thing, when we hear of so many instances where the pitch 
was left at 440 and the person requesting the higher pitch had 
no clue. Anything that critical to someone ought to be 
detectable by that same someone, wouldn't you think? So the 
REAL motivation for requesting a standards change is....


>And give me two new Nossaman pianos that I can
> leave at A440 'cause raising pitch will cause "piano
> implosion", Oh my!
> 
> Best, Jim

Hey! I sure hope not! My pianos tend to be slightly lower 
tension scales than the original anyway, so they'll take the 
pitch change (as will pretty much anything). I just don't see 
the need. There are plenty of other sources of aggravation 
available.
Ron N


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