[Dixielandjazz] Re: A 440

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Hi Dan:     261.63     Looks like your Beer Tab for your recent 
California trip  :))  LOL

All those custom hand made beers and all,  Bob romans got your bar tab 
after you left :))   ha ha   He said he sent it to me which would have 
been your last known address :))  Don't worry I put in an envelope and 
forwarded to your old address a UNIVERSITY OF Texas.  :))

Cheers,

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Augustine <ds.augustine at mail.utexas.edu>
To: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:08:04 -0600
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: A 440

   Bob and DJML-- 
    What? Middle 'C' (whether on a piano or not) is customarily played 
at 440 cycles per second (or frequency), which is the same as 440 Hz 
('Hertz'). Aren't 'frequency', 'cps', and 'Hz' different terms for 
exactly the same thing? 
   Or i'm not understanding you. What's this number "261.63 Hz"? 
 
   Dan 
  
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 >From: "Robert Smith" <robert.smith at mitransport.no> 
 >Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] 1 Hz Hi Fi Woofer 
 >Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 21:03:13 +0100 
 > 
  >'Middle C' on the piano has a frequency (according to the present 
 >standard) of 261.63 Hz, based on A=440. This is the fundamental 
 >frequency, and the overtones are not standardised, thus allowing 
 >piano manufacturers to generate their own timbre. This is the reason 
 >some pianos are regarded as being better than others, and also being 
 >the reason Victor Borge could say: "The Steinway people have asked >me 
to announce that this is a Bechstein piano". 
 > 
 >Cheers 
 > 
 >Bob Smith 
 
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