to A442 & back(D)

[Isaac OLEG SIMANOT]

Hello Dave

"When in trouble, tune the 'A's ! " (old proverb).

Indeed 442 is the current pitch here in Europ (for concerts ) .
I even have been told that the Steinway D is at his best while tuned at A443
(better aliquot section speaking).

In Paris there is  only one place where the A440 is used (Cite de la Musique
& Ensemble Intercontemporain) that is not much.

Most of the brass instruments are tuned at 442 , and in order to the piano
to be hear in Concertos, we may use that pitch actually.

It is always far more difficult to go  2Hz lower on any instrument of
course.

All the best

Isaac OLEG

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]De la part
> de David Renaud
> Envoye : samedi 4 mai 2002 17:03
> A : pianotech@ptg.org
> Objet : to A442 & back(D)
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> Steinway D, in a Hall.
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> Artist shows up 12 noon, announces it must be A442.
> So I crank fast 8 cents and leave, returning
> just before the show to tune.
>
> Cranked it back down this morning,
> I actually found this more difficult then
> bringing it up, three passes, it still is not
> as stable as it was before I began. Mind you
> it had been tuned many times lately.
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> Questions:
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> 1) Is it my imagination because I am looking for it,
> or does this really destabilize a 9 foot as much as I
> think it has. I am finding I have  to reseat strings
> on the bridge, and go over, and over certain sections.
> And the piano was getting so stable before....
>
> 2) How many would refuse to do this. It concerns me
> because the request  could come often on account of
> location. This hall using lots of Quebec based touring
> acts out of Montreal. I am in Quebec, at the border of
> Ontario. Since Montreal symphony uses A442, some
> musicians insist on it, and some insist on A440.
>   I could see this request once a month. After doing
> it once, It does not excited me.  I have only recently
> acquired a couple D's to tune for 2 halls, and
> apparently a 9 foot board is mighty "flexible" if that
> is the right word, ie: it perhaps moves more.
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>                          Dave Renaud
>                          RPT
>                          Canada
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