Perfect pitch

David Porritt dporritt@swbell.net
Fri, 03 Apr 1998 15:54:41 -0600


Yes it's possible.  Not common, but possible.

dave

robert sadowski wrote:

> Dear list,
>      I was tuning today for a Sunday concert and a musician came in and told
> me that he wanted the two pianos in question to be tuned to A441.  He said
> he just returned from a practice room and that piano was A439.  Now I'm a
> firm believer in the human computer but is this possible?  I know he wasn't
> carrying an RCT with him to know.  It's hard for me to believe anyone can
> detect 1 cps difference by listening.  Am I in the dark about this?
>
> Thanks,
> Bob Sadowski RPT
> Erie, PA.



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David M. Porritt, RPT
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
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