Historic Pitch Emergency - Help!

[Richard Brekne]

Farrell wrote:

> Yup Richard. From the article "The Industrial Revolution and Piano Wire"
> from the July 2000 PTG Journal, Steinway USA had a pitch of 457 Hz in 1879.

Amazing... I guess I will have to read that a bit closer. Do you have any
explanation handy for this choice in pitch... seems a bit off the wall dont it
??

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> Terry Farrell
> Piano Tuning & Service
> Tampa, Florida
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway