Re: "Low" Pitch


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Posted by Charley UK on March 06, 2003 at 03:29:06:

In Reply to: "Low" Pitch posted by ??? on March 05, 2003 at 17:48:25:

Hi from England,
If you come across UK instruments, the following applies;
Low pitch A=440
High pitch A=452
Both of these were in use from around 1900, B&H stopped producing the old high pitch, or Philharmonic Pitch in the mid 1960's.
Conversions were not quite accurate.
Cheers,
Charley Brighton,
Euphonium, BBC Winds, London.



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