Grin... Happy New Year to you as well Horace... sorry about my last.. I guess I got started on the ol Aqua Vitæ a bit early ...:) In any case it seemed as reasonable an explanation as any for switching to 432. Almost New Age'ish in a way.. Hope you all have a great one Richard Brekne I.C.P.T.G. N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway Horace Greeley wrote: > Richard, > > Please. > > Even I am, ah, err, um, speechless.... > > Happy New Year! > > Horace > > At 11:31 AM 12/31/99 +0100, you wrote: > >432 Hz matches perfectly the telelurgic currents proported by the ancients to > >sublimly effect in an errogenous way the sensuality of the subconcious > >underworld. It also is the point at which beats start beating backwards > >instead > >of forwards... ie... wow wow instead of wow wow. A kind of acoustic pladagin. > >grin > > > >Richard Brekne > >I.C.P.T.G. N.P.T.F. > >Bergen, Norway > > > >Tom Cole wrote: > > > > > I had planned for the week off until I got a call Tuesday morning from > > > someone who wanted their piano tuned that same day. Furthermore, she > > > wanted it tuned to A=432. I said that I could do it but it would cost > > > $150, thinking she wouldn't go for it. She did hesitate but then said > > > that she needed to speak with her husband (plus probably every tuner in > > > the Yellow Pages). > > > > > > Two hours later, I got another call asking if I was still willing to do > > > the job. So, no discount for being last piano of the year. In fact, it > > > was the first tuning of my career for which I was asked to set pitch at > > > 432 Hz. > > > > > > Apparently, someone was coming to demonstrate that this is a natural > > > pitch that agrees with certainly natural rhythms. I spoke with him on > > > the phone and he said that there is a movement afoot, spearheaded by the > > > Italians, to establish 432 as the international pitch. The rationale I > > > was offered sounded pretty Twinkie-headed. Anybody ever hear of such a > > > thing? > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > Ken Jankura wrote: > > > > > > > > I gave my final piano tuning client of the millennium a discount. > > Made him > > > > happy, made me happy. He gave me a bottle of champagne. You see, it all > > > > works out. > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Thomas A. Cole, RPT > > > Santa Cruz, CA > > > mailto:tcole@cruzio.com > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Horace Greeley, email: hgreeley@stanford.edu > CNA, MCP, RPT > Systems Analyst/Engineer voice: 650.725.9062 > Controller's Office fax: 650.725.8014 > Stanford University > 651 Serra St., RM 100, MC 6215 > Stanford, CA 94305-6215 > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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