Tom,

>Doug;
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>How about FoxPro "A Natural"! :) 440 hz will do!

*chuckle*

I like it! Two swipes for the price of one. <g>



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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”? :)

Facinating. I have a braniac nephew, who was often first or second string when he was actively playing the violin, who has done a lot of reading up on Mozart. I don't know beans from buttermilk with all of this so I'll just have to casually drop this tidbit into some future conversation with him and his dad (who's the musical one in the family). That ought to really (as Craig B says) 'stumpify' them. <g>

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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. :)

Interesting. I bought Karol a 5'4" Sammick baby grand a few years back and Bob (Ryan's dad - see above) who plays the piano well said it was the nicest action he's played on in years. He still says the same thing five years later. A 'peach' instead of a 'lemon'. <g> Even I could tell the difference. The part I liked was when the salesman lowered the price by 1,000. <g>

I'd dearly love to listen to you guys play some Mozart or Bach or whatever you please. <g>

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>Tom
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>>Tracy,
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>>Then the marketing phrase could be something like: "FoxPro, music to your development ears."
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>><g>
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>>>Well, 'F' was in keeping with 'F'oxpro, but it could always be A# and then it would always be at the top of the list! :o)
>>>Tracy
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>>>>>F++ or, as someone else recommended, F#, would certainly garner attention!
>>>>>:o)
>>>>>Tracy
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>>>>Am I the only one who thinks that a name involving just the letter "F" and symbols might remind a few too many people of failing grades? (At least here in the states, the grade you get when you fail a course is "F.")
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>>>>Tamar