This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment This is what they had at the factory, correct? I know that if we get a = shipment of say, new Yamaha's and I get a new one for the store right = away, most of the time they're going to come out of the box sharp. I = think they tune them sharp at the factory knowing that they are going to = be getting flatter in transit.=20 Those Steinway forks could be set at 457 just for that very reason, I = wouldn't assume that they would be used for anything except factory = tunings on new, raw pianos. Just my thoughts, Kevin. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Don A. Gilmore=20 To: Pianotech ; College and University Technicians=20 Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 8:38 AM Subject: Re: A 440 Standard This is very interesting. 457.4 Hz seems ridiculously high, doesn't = it? It makes you wonder what their reasoning was. 457.4 is 66 cents sharper than 440. That would mean that it is closer = to A# than to A! ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a7/1b/ce/f8/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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