My French ensemble performs often at 370, this includes specially 
made keyboards, winds and strings, plus large lutes at 370, which can 
be considered "french pitch" along with "super low" pitch of ~340.
Good evidence for both pitches from historical keyboard instruments, 
but other pitches must have been used, such as 392, 408, 399, 411, 430, etc.

Free listen:
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As a starting point for French baroque lute, on a "French Frey", 399 
or 400 is a very good choice. I often find 415 a bit too high, and 
392 a bit tubby due to the relatively small scale.

An amusing pitch fact--
Most HIP classical music is performed at 430, higher than 415, even 
though Mozart's tuning fork was 2 cents lower than Handel's fork.
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