On Wednesday 24 September 2003 15:28, Michael Thames wrote: Most common evidence are several organs from this period. Pipelength determines the pitch. If I remember right the different pitches were also different in the periods after the baroque until 20th century. I'm quite sure somebody digs up the exact dates and details. Taco Walstra
> Dear all, > When I was visiting the Yale Museum of Instruments this past summer, = > I had an interesting conversation with the curator about Baroque 415 = > pitch. He said that Baroque pitch ranged from country and city anywhere = > from 300 something up to I believe around 560, (I can't remember = > exactly),and that "the horrible group called the early music society" = > simply established it at 415, not based on actual evidence? Just = > figured they would set it a half step below A 440. Is there anyway to = > know the exact pitch of the city of less say, Dresden at the time of = > Bach and Weiss, based on what wind instruments were tuned to made during = > this time? Or any other historical evidence? Sorry if this question has = > been raised before. > I'm considering changing one of my lutes over to A 440, for practical = > reasons. > Thanks > Michael Thames > Luthier > www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
