Re: [Harp-L] A=440 Hz

[IcemanLE@xxxxxxx]

There are orchestras in Europe that have adopted A-442 Hz as the standard.  
Also, a Steinway used in an LA recording studio was tuned at A-442, was brought 
 to IAJE Convention a few years ago for use on the main stage where I had to  
lower it to A-440.
 
Standard pitch used to be A-438 at the beginning of the 20th Century.  
Raising the standard pitch has the effect of brightening the sound of the  orchestra 
to the listener's ears.
 
Harmonicas tuned higher may have more to do with the fact that, anything  
more than average breathing to create the notes will tend to draw down the  
pitch. The higher tuning at the factory helps compensate for those that  blow/suck 
hard.
 
 
In a message dated 1/31/2009 1:54:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
deb.wind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

In 1936  the U.S. adopted the American Standard pitch of A=440 c.p.s. 
(cycles per  second, a.k.a. "Hertz"), and three years later, in 1939, the 
rest of the  countries followed, so that A-440 Hz is now international 
standard  pitch.  So, why does Lee Oskar tune their "A"s to  441?

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