440 vs 442

[RON MAY, RPT]

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

It is still going to take a lot of proving for me. If it is true, he belongs 
in  "Ripley's Believe it or Not".  and I probably still won't believe it.

Ron May

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Bondi" <phil@philbondi.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: 440 vs 442


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> RON MAY, RPT wrote:
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>> 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.
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> Not as uncommon as you may think - that request has been seen in my neck 
> of the woods, and this is hardly Concert-Central.
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> 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.
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> -Phil Bondi(Fl)
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