440 vs 442

[Phil Bondi]

RON MAY, RPT wrote:

> OK so you and I think 442 is crazy. Get ready---I have the Jersulem 
> Symphony coming to town in a couple of weeks.  They have requested 
> ---ARE YOU READY FOR THIS--A=441--YEH! THAT IS A ONE.  So Joe, and you 
> think your guy is good.

Not as uncommon as you may think - that request has been seen in my neck 
of the woods, and this is hardly Concert-Central.

444 is where I draw the line - the answer is simply no...but then, I do 
have a Concert Instrument ready at 442..but I won't go to 444 with it. 
Neither will the hall where it resides, so I have some back-up there.

Ron, supposedly, Seiji Ozawa can tell the difference between 440 and 442.

Again, not as uncommon as you may think.

-Phil Bondi(Fl)