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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …, 1891
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1TABLE III.
3TABLE OF MODERN MUSICAL PITCH.
5The range of pitch comprised in this Table is one equal-tempered semitone, divided into tenths, as indicated by the thick horizontal lines.
6The vibrations are given for a' and c'' in equal temperament.
7The variation in decimals of a semitone, above or below the proposed a' 449, of each pitch noted is shewn in the third column.
9<table>
10 <tr>
11 <th>a'</th>
12 <th>c''</th>
13 <th>VARIATION.</th>
14 <th></th>
15 <th>DATE.</th>
16 </tr>
17 <tr>
18 <td>441·0</td>
19 <td>524·5</td>
20 <td>'31</td>
21 <td>Organs<br>Operas</td>
22 <td>Lewis's church organ standard<br>Dresden, 1859</td>
23 <td>London<br>Paris</td>
24 <td>1879<br>1836-9</td>
25 </tr>
26 <tr>
27 <td>440·0</td>
28 <td>523·2</td>
29 <td>'35.</td>
30 <td>Fork<br>Organs</td>
31 <td>Scheibler's or Stuttgart standard<br>Gray and Davison's standard pipe</td>
32 <td>Stuttgart<br>London</td>
33 <td>1834<br>1878</td>
34 </tr>
35 <tr>
36 <td>438·9</td>
37 <td>522·0</td>
38 <td>'40</td>
39 <td>Fork</td>
40 <td>Theatre Orchestra</td>
41 <td>Dresden</td>
42 <td>1869</td>
43 </tr>
44 <tr>
45 <td>437·4</td>
46 <td>520·2</td>
47 <td>'46</td>
48 <td>Forks</td>
49 <td>Opera, according to Delezenne</td>
50 <td>Paris</td>
51 <td>1854 ante</td>
52 </tr>
53 <tr>
54 <td>436·0</td>
55 <td>518·5</td>
56 <td>'51</td>
57 <td>Organs</td>
58 <td>Bishop's church organ standard, 1878</td>
59 <td>Broadwood's vocal, London</td>
60 <td>1859</td>
61 </tr>
62 <tr>
63 <td>435·4</td>
64 <td>517·8</td>
65 <td>'53</td>
66 <td>Fork</td>
67 <td>Diapason Normal, as made</td>
68 <td>Paris</td>
69 <td>1859</td>
70 </tr>
71 <tr>
72 <td>435·0</td>
73 <td>517·3</td>
74 <td>'55</td>
75 <td>Fork</td>
76 <td>Do. do. as intended</td>
77 <td>Paris</td>
78 <td>1859</td>
79 </tr>
80</table>
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