Perfect Pitch

[Paul S. Larudee]

Don wrote:


> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> When I was a freelance fiddle player I would routinely tune my violin
> within 2 cents of A440 without referrence to a pitch source.  I was not
> particularly exceptional in this regard--nor do I have *perfect pitch*.
> 
Don,

I'm sure it was very close, but how do you know that it was within two
cents if you didn't use a reference?  More important, I'm sure you never
tuned each of the four strings individually without reference to the
others.

Paul