400 or 440?

[contrapunctus]

A is tuned to 440 Hz. In Baroque and classical times it was tuned to 400 Hz. Do you think we should tune our pianos to 400 when playing baroque and classical?

My answer is summarized in Glenn Gould's answer in which he said that it does not matter at what frequency you play a peice as long as you stay true to the music.

[leahcim]

A is tuned to 440 Hz. In Baroque and classical times it was tuned to 400 Hz. Do you think we should tune our pianos to 400 when playing baroque and classical?

My answer is summarized in Glenn Gould's answer in which he said that it does not matter at what frequency you play a peice as long as you stay true to the music.

I don't think it matters if you're playing it on a modern piano. Probably more hassle than it's worth on an acoustic.

I guess those doing the authentic instrument thing might care and if the feature exists it's probably easy enough to try on a digital.

[BoliverAllmon]

some digital pianos allow you to tune it to different systems. My friend's does and I can't tell too much of a difference, some but not that great. I say just keep it at 440

[Dazzer]

or just trust the tuner.