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Pitch Changes

Below is the table relating to the 5 most popular pitch’s of the past 200 years. Today’s orchestra will tune to British Standard 440hz @ A. This relates to the pipe organ being tuned to 523.3 @ Middle C.

Normal Continental. Queens Hall USA PMA 1891 or French New

Philharmonic. 1896 or RAM

British Standard. American Federation of Musicians Universal Low Pitch.

Medium or Old RSA

English Old Philharmonic or Concert Pitch.

Tenor C

258.6

261

261.6

264

270

C#

274

276.6

277.2

279

286.5

D

290.3

293

293.7

296.3

303.5

D#

307.6

310.4

311.1

314

321.6

E

325.9

328.8

329.6

332.6

340.7

F

345.3

348.4

349.2

352.4

360.9

F#

365.8

369.1

370

373.3

382.4

G

387.6

391.1

392

395.5

405.2

G#

410.6

414.3

415.3

419.1

429.2

A

435

439

440

444

454

A#

460.9

465.1

466.2

470.4

481.8

B

488.3

492.8

493.9

498.3

510.4

MiddleC

517.3

522

523.3

528

540