How A London Orchestra Broke International Law
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There are some stories that just seem right, some things that make perfect sense and don't require further explanation. The story of pitch inflation is not one of those. It starts off fairly innocently, with vague attempts to standardize, until suddenly in the 19th century everything exploded and, well... I don't want to spoil the ending, but it's a wild ride.
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SOURCES:
https://www.wam.hr/sadrzaj/us/Cavanagh_440Hz.pdf
http://capionlarsen.com/history-pitch/
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn4y1a;view=1up;seq=19
http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/12th-march-1859/14/pitch-reform-in-france-and-england
https://www.loc.gov/law/help/us-treaties/bevans/m-ust000002-0043.pdf
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2194075
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41364475
https://books.google.com/books?id=0E0LHSXU0foC
Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yHvfe6Ar4wcBbHNu5nUONurZmra8pyFXRc3hdldaF3w/edit?usp=sharing
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Also, thanks to Jareth Arnold and Jade Tan-Holmes for proofreading the script to make sure this all makes sense hopefully!