Hi Steven et al, At 02:24 AM 2/22/97 -0500, you wrote: >Howdy list.... > Thought I would put in my .02 from an organ tuning perspective... >On an Allen "radio", your guess is as good as mine, I too would have gone >with the majority of manuals. If they are all different--go with the Great, >that is the division that will contain the largest stops used in >congregational singing--usually. Don't forget that the pitch of pipe organ is determined by the number of air molecules going through the pipe. This means that barometric pressure can affect pitch very very greatly. In my other life as a violinist I did an organ and violin recital--two days before the concert pitch was 25 cents low. The day of the concert 15 cents sharp (measured with modified Hale Sight-O-Tuner). Wow did I sweat blood for that concert. The sanctuary in the church was kept at one temperature for a week before the recital. Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. "Tuner for the Centre of the Arts" drose@dlcwest.com 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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