On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Joel Figen wrote:
> There was a pitch standard called "Chorton" (choral pitch) that was
> said to be a minor third higher than orchestral pitch of the time -
> which everyone knows was slightly lower than now. Organs were often
> tuned to ChorTon - this could account for some of the very low notes
> in Bach's choral parts - I guess we'd have to look at all the old
> manuscripts to see how they were notated.
Wow, this explains a lot! So if you add 1.5 steps up (minor third) and
then take it back down .75 steps (440 -> 415 conversion), you end up
with a net of .75 steps higher than modern. Thank you!
-Tako
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