Is a uniform musical pitch possible?
1. With the first of these considerations the General Meeting were not long occupied, all testimony going to prove the frequent inconvenience* to which musical performers vocal and instrumental, musical instrument makers, musical directors, and even instructed hearers, were alike put by variation in the pitch, whether of individual instruments or of entire orchestras. The Meeting came early to a unanimous resolution that a uniform pitch was desirable. (*One instance of this will suffice.