"Response to A440 Under Fire"

[Daleboy@AOL.COM]

    I had a fairly recent job of having to tune at A441 for a rehersal 
session. This was for Clint Black's (Country artist) tour last fall. To my 
knowledge it was not an international tour but was sort of a compact schedule 
of only about 10 or 12 major US cities. I asked about the reason for the 
pitch of A441 and was told that it was to aid the horn section in some 
fashion and that the tour would also include a couple of shows using chamber 
style orchestras who had requested the pitch to be A441.
    The Keyboard player for the band is a good friend of mine and told me 
that they had quite a bit of difficulty in finding a tech (in some cities) 
who could tune the piano to EXACTLY A441 ( I told them that they should have 
taken me on the tour before they left town....oh well.....maybe next time)
    The request of the various pitches in Norway may be just another area of 
the globe to get the itch to try something other than the same A440 and equal 
temperament which has been the norm for a while. Perhaps this is another vane 
of the temperament revival, eh?
Regards,
Dale