A440???

Ron Nossaman RNossaman@cox.net
Tue, 03 Dec 2002 18:26:09 -0600


>Wim it was adopted in 1917 as the Official Pitch by the American Federation
>of Musicians. It was adopted by the U.S. Government in 1920.
>1925    on the 11th of June the American music industry adopted A440
>1936    American Standards Association adopted A440
>1939    At an international conference A440 was adopted.
>
>  Barrie has a neat little article on the history of pitch located at:
>http://www.uk-piano.org/history/pitch.html
>Jim Bryant (FL)


And any day now, it will finally be adopted by a symphony near you.

Ron N


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