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Year
|
Herz
|
Authority
|
|
1648
|
A - 403
|
M. Mersenne: spinet
|
|
1762
|
408
|
Johann Matheson
|
|
1740
|
415
|
G. Silberman: tuning fork
|
|
1751
|
423
|
George Frideric Handel: tuning fork
|
|
1619
|
424
|
Michael Praetorius: 'church pitch'
|
|
1823
|
428
|
Opera Comique, Paris
|
|
1880
|
432
|
Italian Congress, Milan
|
|
1859
|
435
|
French Government Commission Standard Pitch
|
|
1885
|
435
|
Vienna International Conference Standard Pitch
|
|
1939
|
440
|
Present Day U.S. Standard Pitch
|
|
1834
|
440
|
J.H. Scheibler, Stuttgart
|
|
1878
|
447
|
Vienna State Opera
|
|
1879
|
452
|
British Army
|
|
1874
|
455
|
Old Philharmonic Pitch, London
|
|
1859
|
456
|
Viennese 'high pitch'
|
|
1880
|
460
|
Old Austrian Military Pitch
|
|
1511
|
504
|
A. Schlick 'high pitch'
|
|
1636
|
504
|
M. Mersene 'church pitch'
|
|
1636
|
563
|
M. Mersenne 'chamber pitch'
|
|
1619
|
567
|
M. Praetorius 'church pitch'
|
NOTE: "Herz" = vibrations per second
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