Birdcage pitch raise

[paul bruesch]

I said " *IF* the piano was designed ...", not "I think they were
designed..."  There is a significant semantic difference.
Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On 7/10/07, Barrie Heaton <piano at a440.co.uk> wrote:
>
> In message
> <aaf134ef0707092004j204f3b84i82e04e672ea11137 at mail.gmail.com>, paul
> bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> writes
> >But if the piano was designed with A435 (or less) in mind, pitch
> "correcting" it
> >to A440 is wrong.
> >
>
> Why would you think they had been  designed  for  A435 most straight
> strung pianos )Birdcage)  were made by a few makers and shops put their
> own name on
>
> 1877    Collard's piano maker standard pitch was A 449.9
> 1877    Chappell Pianos A455.9
> 1877    Mr Hipkins piano tuner A448.8 (Broadwoods )
> 1879    Erard's factory fork 455.3
> 1880    Brinsmead, Broadwood, and Erard used a pitch of A455.3
> 1885    At an international exhibition of inventions and music in London
> a pitch of A452 was adopted.
> 1939    At an international conference A440 was adopted. London
>
> Barrie
>
>
>
>
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