Cy, The orchestra sounds snappier and brighter without actually having to play faster. An endless pursuit of one-ups- man-ship could easily ensue. This is also done in the recording industry for the very same reasons. Chris Solliday, RPT ----- Original Message ----- From: Cy Shuster To: caut at ptg.org Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Non-440 tuning request I've never heard a specific answer as to what the musical benefit of a higher pitch is. Certainly if Vienna has specific higher-pitch instruments, I understand. Back in my radio days, some stations would bump up the speed of turntables to 46 or 47 RPM, so their music would sound faster and snappier. What is the benefit to an orchestra? --Cy-- Cy Shuster, RPT Albuquerque, NM www.shusterpiano.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100221/577aee04/attachment.htm>
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