Re: [tuning] Re: replies to bill arnold, lawrence ball, joseph pehrson, joe m...

In a message dated 10/9/02 12:22:47 AM Central Daylight Time,
monz@attglobal.net writes:

> all keyboards had a much smaller range
> in the earlier part of their history,

In Bach's day (1685-1750) most old organs had around 49 manual notes--4
octaves. Needless to say Bach wasn't satisfied with that. I recall playing a
piece by him where the manual lowest note was Bass C.

Pauline