----- Original Message ----- From: Jeneane Mixon <jmixon@telepak.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 8:29 PM Subject: A-442 > Hi, everyone: > I have just joined this group and already I need an answer to a question. > Is there anyone out there who can explain a request that I have had to tune > a piano to A-442H2. I understand the 442 part but not the H2. A group of > musicians are coming here from Europe and have made this request. I would > appreciate your input. > Thanks, Jeneane Mixon They must have meant 442 Hertz, abbreviated Hz, but they hit the '2' instead of the 'z'; when written by hand, a sloppy '2' can look like a 'Z'. Just tune A4 so it beats 2 times a second on the sharp side of your fork, and the rest of the piano accordingly. --David Nereson, RPT, Denver > > >
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