----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net> To: <spalding48@earthlink.net>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 2:19 AM Subject: Re: 1883 Bechstein upright scale > >>Yup, I'm with you all the way. I definitely want to do a full scale >>evaluation. As I stated, the only question I have is, what pitch was the >>piano originally designed for? You state 435. Reasons? My limited info >>indicates manufacturers and musicians were all over the map at that time. >> > > > They were, and the difference between 435 and 440 will likely be under > 1,000 lbs tension with a given (modern) string scale, or about 2% > difference, which isn't an awful lot spread out over the whole scale. > > Ron N > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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