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Re: 442

Author: jim lande
Date: 2003-04-05 23:31

H.N. white used to ship Silver Kings with two barrels, one marked A=440 and a shorter one marked A=442. I think I have read that many French instruments really were pitched to 442 and then sold with slightly longer barrels or mouthpieces (or just shipped slightly sharp.)

These days, many guitar players use electronic tuners. But not always. Uusually they just tune to each other. Maybe it is easier to hear that you are flat than to hear that you are sharp. Anway, it seems much more common for guitars to tune sharp rather than flat. This happened so much that I sanded down the barrel on my Silva Bet in A so that it probably tunes to a=442 when in all the way. Not a problem, except when I am still too flat.

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