Differences between version 6 and predecessor to the previous major change of GearRatio.

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Newer page: version 6 Last edited on May 28, 2016 2:37 pm. by
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 (Motor RPM/60)*Teeth in Toneweel*(Teeth in Driving Gear/Teeth in Driven Gear) 
  
-So for A-440 on a 60Hz organ: (1200/60) * 16 * (88/64) = 440Hz  
+So for the A above middle C on a 60 Hz organ: (1200/60) * 16 * (88/64) = 440 Hz  
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-The A notes are the only notes on the Hammond which agree exactly with the equal tempered scale . The notes which are the farthest off pitch in the first seven octaves are the G#. They are .69 cents flat from the correct pitch. The top half octave is farther off pitch due to the number of teeth on the tonewheel not equaling 256. Using 192 teeth, generating the correct pitch from C7 to F#7 requires using the gear ratios for F through B. In the top half octave, the C# is the farthest off pitch, about 1.93 cents sharp: 
+This A tonewheel being 440 Hz actually influenced the establishment of the commonly accepted concert pitch standard as 440 Hz. Historically, concert A has wandered between 430-450 Hz. The famous Stroboconn tuner introduced in 1936 copied Hammond's use of an AC mains driven synchronous motor to spin an optical disk that also set the A above middle C at 440 Hz. Within a couple of years, Stroboconn tuners were being used globally to help tune concert orchestras. By 1939 enough orchestras had set their concert pitch to A = 440 Hz that the international concert pitch standard was established. None of the twelve semitones on the Hammond are exactly equal tempered. The notes which are the farthest off pitch in the first seven octaves are the G#. They are .69 cents flat from the correct pitch. The top half octave is farther off pitch due to the number of teeth on the tonewheel not equaling 256. Using 192 teeth, generating the correct pitch from C7 to F#7 requires using the gear ratios for F through B. In the top half octave, the C# is the farthest off pitch, about 1.93 cents sharp: 
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 For C#-4434: (1200/60) * 192 * (74/64) = 4440Hz 
  
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