How to use international pitch in a sentence

  • The Piano Manufacturers' Association has established what is known as "international pitch."

    Piano Tuning | J. Cree Fischer
  • We would not advise tuning any modern piano below international pitch.

    Piano Tuning | J. Cree Fischer
  • Before applying this rule, it is well to try 3C with tuning pipe or fork to see if the piano is below international pitch.

    Piano Tuning | J. Cree Fischer
  • It is only recently that an international pitch has been established which was adopted everywhere except in England.

    Piano Playing | Josef Hofmann

British Dictionary definitions for international pitch

international pitch

noun
  1. music the frequency of 435 hertz assigned to the A above middle C, widely used until 1939: See pitch 1 (def. 30)

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