Re: [Harp-L] Fwd: Original Hohner Pro Harp/painted covers

[Richard Hammersley <rhhammersley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Lee Oscar leaflet says 441, I just looked. Suzukis are 440 I  
recall, because I checked before I bought some. I don't think you  
could tune to 444 and sound acceptable with keyboards etc.
Richard
On 31 Jan 2009, at 18:54, John F. Potts wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: "John F. Potts" <hvyj@xxxxxxx>
> > Date: January 31, 2009 1:54:07 PM GMT-05:00
> > To: Richard Hammersley <rhhammersley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Original Hohner Pro Harp/painted covers
> >
> > Richard,
> >
> > i think the LOs are tuned to A444.  Suzukis are tuned to A442.  i'm  
> > not sure about Hohners.  Dave Payne told me Seydels are spec'd at  
> > A444 but all the ones he tested on a tuner were A442.
> >
> > i still have a set of 14 LOs i bought when they first came out. I  
> > think are tuned to A444 and 6 cents sharp which is how they were  
> > advertised at the time, if i recall correctly. Back then i really  
> > wasn't sure what that actually meant.  I had to stop using them  
> > because keyboard players would complain that i was out of tune in  
> > certain keys.
> >
> > JP
> >
> > RH writes:
> >
> > Let's not forget that Lee Oskars are tuned A441, which is slightly
> > sharper than A440.
>
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