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Mouth Music Press - Piano Key Table
To aid you in defining the pitch of our trumps, we here at MMP have
opted to relate the pitch to the standard 88 key piano keyboard.
TRUMP RANGES
The following table shows the lowest and highest tunings
for each
maker and model of Trump as indicated by the Piano Key (PK)
Maker/Model |
Lowest PK |
Highest PK |
Hörzing Coal Black |
28 |
40 |
Hörzing Jakutic Handmade |
28 |
40 |
Hörzing Chrome Untuned (Approximate) |
28 |
32 |
Szilágyi BlackFire |
13 |
44 |
Szilágyi Chancellor Untuned
(Approximate) |
18 |
30 |
Schlütter |
18 |
47 |
Whitlow |
28 |
42 |
Wimmer |
28 |
40 |
The Untuned trump ranges are given here only
as an example of the ones we have sampled.
BRASS
Lee Hmong Harps are usually somewhere around a C.
Dan Moi's have a Bell Curve from
D# to F# - rarely in tune.
PIANO KEY TABLE
| Piano key table legend |
Hörzing Coal Black |
CB |
Hörzing Jakutic Handmade |
J |
Szilágyi BlackFire |
BF |
Schlütter |
S |
Whitlow |
W |
Wimmer |
Wm |
The following table relates piano key (PK)
to pitch and frequency per recognized musical standards. The right-most column indicates
the trumps which can be found at the noted pitch as specified by the legend above.
Available Audio Samples are indicated by the
"Listen" link
and are of the of the trump maker/model highlighted in the right-most column. (Not all pitches are sampled at this
time... we're working on it.)
(disclaimer: Due to the nature of the instrument, and how
folks hear it, we claim a +/- one octave error.)
Piano
Key (PK) |
Pitch
(ASA) |
Frequency
(Hz) |
Audio Sample
(Click to Play) |
Trump -
Comment |
1 |
A 0 |
27.500 |
|
Lowest piano note |
2 |
A# 0 |
29.135 |
|
|
3 |
B 0 |
30.868 |
|
|
4 |
C 1 |
32.703 |
|
|
5 |
C# 1 |
34.648 |
|
|
6 |
D 1 |
36.708 |
|
|
7 |
D# 1 |
38.890 |
|
|
8 |
E 1 |
41.203 |
|
|
9 |
F 1 |
43.654 |
|
|
10 |
F# 1 |
46.249 |
|
|
11 |
G 1 |
48.999 |
|
|
12 |
G# 1 |
51.913 |
|
|
13 |
A1 |
55.00 |
Listen |
BF |
14 |
A#1 |
58.271 |
Listen |
BF |
15 |
B1 |
61.735 |
Listen |
BF |
16 |
C2 |
65.406 |
Listen |
BF |
17 |
C#2 |
69.296 |
Listen |
BF |
18 |
D2 |
73.416 |
Listen |
BF, S |
19 |
D#2 |
77.782 |
Listen |
BF, S |
20 |
E2 |
82.407 |
Listen |
BF, S - Guitar low E |
21 |
F2 |
87.307 |
Listen |
BF, S |
22 |
F#2 |
92.499 |
Listen |
BF, S |
23 |
G2 |
97.999 |
Listen |
BF, S |
24 |
G#2 |
103.82 |
Listen |
BF, S |
25 |
A2 |
110.00 |
Listen |
BF, S |
26 |
A#2 |
116.54 |
Listen |
BF, S |
27 |
B2 |
123.47 |
Listen |
BF, S |
28 |
C3 |
130.81 |
Listen |
BF, CB, J, S, W, Wm |
29 |
C#3 |
138.59 |
Listen |
BF, CB, J, S, W, Wm |
30 |
D3 |
146.83 |
Listen |
BF, CB, J, S, W, Wm |
31 |
D#3 |
155.56 |
Listen |
BF, CB, J, S, W, Wm |
32 |
E3 |
164.81 |
Listen |
BF, CB, J, S, W, Wm |
33 |
F3 |
174.61 |
Listen |
BF, CB, J, S, W, Wm |
34 |
F#3 |
185.00 |
Listen |
BF, CB, J, S, W, Wm |
35 |
G3 |
196.00 |
Listen |
BF, CB, J, S, W, Wm |
36 |
G#3 |
207.65 |
Listen |
BF, CB, J, S, W, Wm |
37 |
A3 |
220.00 |
Listen |
BF,
CB, J, S, W, Wm
Guitar mid A |
38 |
A#3 |
233.08 |
Listen |
BF, CB, J, S, W, Wm |
39 |
B3 |
246.94 |
Listen |
BF, CB, J, S, W, Wm |
40 |
C4 |
261.63 |
Listen |
BF,
CB, J, S, W, Wm
Middle C |
41 |
C#4 |
277.18 |
Listen |
BF, S, W |
42 |
D4 |
293.66 |
Listen |
BF, S, W |
43 |
D#4 |
311.13 |
Listen |
BF, S, |
44 |
E4 |
329.63 |
Listen |
BF, S, |
Piano Key |
Pitch (ASA) |
Frequency (Hz) |
Audio
Sample
(Click to Play) |
Trump - Comment |
45 |
F4 |
349.23 |
Listen |
S |
46 |
F#4 |
369.99 |
Listen |
S |
47 |
G4 |
392.00 |
Listen |
S |
48 |
G# 4 |
415.30 |
|
|
49 |
A 4 |
440.00 |
|
A-440 |
50 |
A# 4 |
466.16 |
|
|
51 |
B 4 |
493.88 |
|
|
52 |
C 5 |
523.25 |
|
|
53 |
C# 5 |
554.37 |
|
|
54 |
D 5 |
587.33 |
|
|
55 |
D# 5 |
622.25 |
|
|
56 |
E 5 |
659.26 |
|
|
57 |
F 5 |
698.46 |
|
|
58 |
F# 5 |
739.99 |
|
|
59 |
G 5 |
783.99 |
|
|
60 |
G# 5 |
830.61 |
|
|
61 |
A 5 |
880.00 |
|
|
62 |
A# 5 |
932.33 |
|
|
63 |
B 5 |
987.77 |
|
|
64 |
C 6 |
1046.5 |
|
|
65 |
C# 6 |
1108.7 |
|
|
66 |
D 6 |
1174.7 |
|
|
67 |
D# 6 |
1244.5 |
|
|
68 |
E 6 |
1318.5 |
|
|
69 |
F 6 |
1396.9 |
|
|
70 |
F# 6 |
1480.0 |
|
|
71 |
G 6 |
1568.0 |
|
|
72 |
G# 6 |
1661.2 |
|
|
73 |
A 6 |
1760.0 |
|
|
74 |
A# 6 |
1864.6 |
|
|
75 |
B 6 |
1975.5 |
|
|
76 |
C 7 |
2093.0 |
|
|
77 |
C# 7 |
2217.5 |
|
|
78 |
D 7 |
2349.3 |
|
|
79 |
D# 7 |
2489.0 |
|
|
80 |
E 7 |
2637.0 |
|
|
81 |
F 7 |
2793.8 |
|
|
82 |
F# 7 |
2959.9 |
|
|
83 |
G 7 |
3136.0 |
|
|
84 |
G# 7 |
3322.4 |
|
|
85 |
A 7 |
3520.0 |
|
|
86 |
A# 7 |
3729.3 |
|
|
87 |
B 7 |
3951.1 |
|
|
88 |
C 8 |
4186.0 |
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