Re:The “432 Hz vs. 440 Hz” conspiracy theory
by djaychela on Monday October 24, 2016 @01:20PM
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Would it not just have been created natively using an appropriate osciallator, given that the reference was from 1939?
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Re:The “432 Hz vs. 440 Hz” conspiracy theory
by fuzzfactor on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @09:42AM
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A truly decent audio oscillator was only available after 1939, when Hewlett & Packard issued their first instrument.
In a 1985 letter, Dave [Packard] described Hewlett's audio oscillator as "the foundation on which Hewlett-Packard Company was able to grow into the largest manufacturer of electronic instruments in the world, the keystone that allowed four and one-half decades of major contributions to electronic measurement technology and equipment."
Re:The “432 Hz vs. 440 Hz” conspiracy theory
by masklinn on Monday October 24, 2016 @01:54PM
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Maybe but it'd have been significantly more complex, here they could take a MHz piezo-electric crystal and tack on a few electronic multipliers and dividers (/1000 *11 /25) to get the desired frequency.
Re:The “432 Hz vs. 440 Hz” conspiracy theory
by RandomName2020 on Monday October 24, 2016 @03:20PM
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Quartz oscillators are usually made in at leas 10th of kHz range, for whatever reason. Second most stable oscillators are LC and would require large coils for lower frequencies.