[polymod]

"Angus Kerr" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 5:31:30 PM UTC+2, polymod wrote:
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Love the story!
As far as piano tuning goes, each case is different. I tune for a couple
of
local orchestra's and they all insist on A-440. Organs, unless they're
digital, is another thing entirely!

Poly

I'm surprised at that. I would guess that the oboe player sneaks a couple of
cents in when there's no piano in the programme (!) - and if there is, they
tune to the piano.

I mean 440 is a sort of international standard, but a lot of Europeans find
it on the flat side. I'll naturally tune higher. The organ though, was
painful.

When I concert-mastered the local amateur orchestra, I'd check the oboe with
a tuner - and I'd be happy with 443. In fact, if you tune to A440, as the
woodwinds warm up, they get sharper - and you'd probably end up at 443. I
would say I am not comfortable with anything lower than 440..

If you listen to old recordings, both pop/rock and classical, it's amazing
how the tuning varies so widely - before the age of digital tuners. I still
have an old tuning fork! Try playing to some old records, and you'll have to
adjust the tuning of the instrument you're playing (if possible).


Ah...you bring up so many good points and it sounds like you have seen/heard
your share of pitch fluctuations.
This type of discussion deserves a pint or two ;-)

Poly