Terry writes: > My concern is appropriate instrument> > pitch. My understanding is that A440 was not necessarily the standard back > then. What can be said about the most likely pitch this instrument was > designed for? Isn't this around the time that Chickering introduced the > first full cast-iron plate? Maybe it is close to A440?<< > The pitch has very little to do with structural issues like frames or plates, and everything to do with wire material, wire manufacturing processes, and, most important, scaling (length and diameter). Check out Ed Swenson's article at < http://www.mozartpiano.com/pitch.html> for a wealth of interesting information on historical pitch values used by different piano manufacturers at different times and locales. Stephen Stephen Birkett Fortepianos Authentic Reproductions of 18th and 19th Century Pianos 464 Winchester Drive Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2T 1K5 tel: 519-885-2228 mailto: birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca
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