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Some Minor quibbles

Perfect pitch is present in one in ten thousand, more so in Asian populations.

While A=440 is standard, a piano is not tuned to standard pitch machines. As you go up the scale, the pitch rises, as you go lower the pitch goes flatter. The notes increase their deviation as you go depart from the A=440.

That's why Bach is famous, he created the equal tempered scale, or at least popularized it. The human ear is logarithmic not linear. This applies to octaves and the notes between.

Try taking an electronic tuning machine and use it to tune a piano. I guarantee you that it will be the worse sounding piano ever. That's why piano tuning is still very much an art, rather than a science.

As for A=440: That in itself is an artificial contrivance. Over time A could have been much higher as much as 450+. Mozart did not use A=440 as a standard.


Stu

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