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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.

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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.

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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	A0	27.500		Lowest piano note
2	A#0	29.135
3	B0	30.868
4	C1	32.703
5	C#1	34.648
6	D1	36.708
7	D#1	38.890
8	E1	41.203
9	F1	43.654
10	F#1	46.249
11	G1	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	A4	440.00		A-440
50	A#4	466.16
51	B4	493.88
52	C5	523.25
53	C#5	554.37
54	D5	587.33
55	D#5	622.25
56	E5	659.26
57	F5	698.46
58	F#5	739.99
59	G5	783.99
60	G#5	830.61
61	A5	880.00
62	A#5	932.33
63	B5	987.77
64	C6	1046.5
65	C#6	1108.7
66	D6	1174.7
67	D#6	1244.5
68	E6	1318.5
69	F6	1396.9
70	F#6	1480.0
71	G6	1568.0
72	G#6	1661.2
73	A6	1760.0
74	A#6	1864.6
75	B6	1975.5
76	C7	2093.0
77	C#7	2217.5
78	D7	2349.3
79	D#7	2489.0
80	E7	2637.0
81	F7	2793.8
82	F#7	2959.9
83	G7	3136.0
84	G#7	3322.4
85	A7	3520.0
86	A#7	3729.3
87	B7	3951.1
88	C8	4186.0		Highest piano key