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Re: "High pitch"

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Subject: Re: "High pitch"
From: Nigel Wears <nwears@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 96 16:16:31
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Alistair Wheeler asks:

>Another question, when did army bands change to low pitch?

I've been looking in the book, "Brass Bands", edited by Trevor Herbert.
(I believe that list member Arnold Myers is a contributor), and on page
191 it states that British services military bands changed to low pitch
A=339Hz in 1929, and that the present standard, A440, was "AGREED
INTERNATIONALLY IN 1939."

A=339?, A=440 agreed internationally? The plot thickens!  

By the way, "Brass Bands" is a great read for anyone interested in our
heritage. It's available from Egon, and published by the Open University.  

Nigel Wears

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