His American colleagues were the ones having trouble playing with him when he was playing the Euro-tuned piano. I think it might have been some brass or wind players.
**Leigh On Tue, Apr 19, 2005, John Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>As part of a conversation with a pianist friend today, we both were >>wondering why Concert Pitch A in America is 440 Hz and different in >>Europe. He said when he was touring in Europe, he had to request the >>American 440 Hz tuning and if the piano was tuned to the European >>standard, the other performers had a hard time playing. > >As usual, Andrew's analysis is most excellent, and there are not two >different "official" standards even though there continue to be local >variations. But the statement above bothers me. He was touring in >Europe and the European musicians had a hard time playing with a >piano tuned to the European standard? Does not compute! _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
