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Re:The “432 Hz vs. 440 Hz” conspiracy theory by tetraodonpuffer on Monday October 24, 2016 @02:06PM (#12781212)
it also depends if you are performing in ensembles together with historical instruments that can't change their pitch, or on those instruments on their own, for example for organs you can find examples up to A=465

This said I think it's more fun to talk about temperaments than absolute pitch, after all unless you have absolute pitch I don't think you can hear much of a difference between something played at 432 or 440, but going from equal temperament to something else is a lot more noticeable and makes a lot more impact to the music if it's written taking that into account.

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Re:The “432 Hz vs. 440 Hz” conspiracy theory by teilo on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @11:34AM (#12788806)
Yes, but temperament is really only a part of the discussion when we are talking about instruments that can actually be tuned to different temperaments: pianos, harpsichords, organs, etc. Strings and woodwinds, for example, cannot.
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