In Reply to: Interesting. My findings.. posted by vinyl phanatic on February 9, 2015 at 14:25:09:
Cleveland tuned to A = 440. Szell was such a bear on tuning that he had Norman Pickering build him a system consisting of a calibrated 440Hz tuning fork in a temperature-controlled enclosure with a microphone connected to an amplifier that was connected to a horn loudspeaker that beamed the 440 Hz tone on demand at the orchestra.
Norman Pickering was there. You were not. He emailed me. He did not email you.
You have not read my article.
But you need to give an opinion.
I got an email last night from someone in audio who was considering leaving audio for a new career.
Any guesses why?
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The Cleveland Orchestra tuned RELIABLY to 440. I have gigs of stored data from non-EMI Cleveland recordings that are at (or in one case below) 440. When Oistrakh played with Richter live at Carnegie Hall--dead nuts 440. Oistrakh Yampolsky Paris Beethoven Complete violin/piano sonatas. Dead nuts 440.
I am sure that Oistrakh could play in tune at A = 443 of A = 445 for Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic--and I corresponded with them about this and they were very helpful.
BUT IN CLEVELAND, OISTRAKH PLAYED AT 440.
EMI SCREWED UP. INNOCENTLY OR CULPABLY.
I AM RIGHT.
THE PEASANTS WITH PITCH PIPES, UNITED CANNOT BE DEFEATED.*
Have a nice day.
JM
*Does anyone get that?
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Follow Ups
- Have all the findings you want. They are free this week! Next week, even cheaper! - John Marks 16:02:00 02/09/15 (11)
- Ok, then - vinyl phanatic 18:11:15 02/09/15 (10)
- Not illegal, just stupid. - John Marks 18:59:43 02/09/15 (9)
- Monica's blowjob of Bill Clinton not withstanding... - Ivan303 19:14:01 02/09/15 (8)
- The proof I presented would be admissible in Federal courts under F.R.Ev. 406 - John Marks 10:38:24 02/10/15 (5)
- How about trumped up quotes - would they be admissable? - Chris from Lafayette 12:49:31 02/10/15 (4)
- I have now figured out what you mean; I did not mean that and I apologize for the misunderstanding I caused - John Marks 12:13:51 02/11/15 (3)
- Passive agression noted ("I am terribly sorry that YOU [my caps] misunderstood") - Chris from Lafayette 14:35:29 02/11/15 (0)
- Oistrakh a "midlevel" talent??? - rbolaw 13:15:22 02/11/15 (1)
- The story I heard was that Oistrakh almost did not have a Boston debut - John Marks 15:55:06 02/11/15 (0)
- LOL! I think he's already long gone for it! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 20:00:00 02/09/15 (1)
- Bill's 'Flute' was clearly tuned to at least A=448... - Ivan303 08:18:47 02/10/15 (0)