[Elecraft] More precise pitch options?

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > This probably is of little interest to most but I would like the
 > ability to fine tune the pitch in closer than 10 Hz increments. I'm a
 > musician and have for practical purposes, perfect pitch.

Since A has varied considerably over the centuries, what musicians call
"perfect pitch" is only so in relation to the modern A440 standard and
only for one set of scales.  The tones are different for other scales
and other time periods.

It's difficult to say B 489.95 (Vienna Opera, 1834) or A# 469.34
(Wolfels, 1835) is "wrong" given the variation in "standard pitch"
as reported in the article you cite.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 12/11/2011 12:03 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
> This probably is of little interest to most but I would like the
> ability to fine tune the pitch in closer than 10 Hz increments. I'm a
> musician and have for practical purposes, perfect pitch. I have my
> pitch set at 590 which is the closest approximation to the proper
> pitch for "D" (which is 587.33) When I have the pitch set to 590, I
> know it's almost a "D" note but it's a bit disquieting at the same
> time.
>
> A = 440 and while I can select this, it's low a tone to be pleasing
> on CW. A pure note on the scale would be such a pleasure to hear,
> much more psychoacousticly pleasing.
>
> Actual frequencies for all the individual notes are here:
> http://www.piano-tuners.org/history/pitch.html
>
> Any way the powers that be might also allow an entry to pitch from
> the keypad, like when we use it to select Rf frequency?
>
> Thanks,
> Gary
> KA1J
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