>Doug;
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>How about FoxPro "A Natural"! :) 440 hz will do!
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>Did you know that in Mozarts time A Natural = 417 hz? I have no clue how this was determined but it is well documented. Now when someone says to me, “give me an ‘A’”! I reply – which one”? :)
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>"A" Natural has also been 430.5, 435, 454, and 460 hz. There is "nothing like a standard"! If you were to tune a piano designed for A Natural = 417 to 460 hz, you would have a pile of expensive wood. :)
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Tom,

Does this mean that all of Mozart's pieces are now pitched too high?< g >

I always wondered about the phrase "A 440". I mean I knew what the 440 stood for, I just never understood the necessity for marking a tuning fork with it. Now I know at least part of the reason.

BTW, I use an "A 440" tuning fork to tune my guitars.