ABSTRACT
Pitch is going up. Already 440 vibrations per second for the standard A seems not high enough, and there is talk of pegging the frequency index higher. America is in the lead, and Europeans arriving at these shores hear all orchestral performances nearly half a tone higher than that to which they are accustomed-particularly towards the end of the concert, when the tendency to sharp is more pronounced among the stringed instruments. There are some people who associate colors (that is, definite frequencies) with definite tonalties and keynotes, or imagine that they do; it would be interesting to learn from them what “right” frequency should be attached to the fluctuating A.
