A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Concert-Pitch

CONCERT-PITCH. An absurd expression, meaning a pitch slightly higher than the ordinary pitch, used at concerts for the sake of producing brilliancy and effect. Since attention has been given to the subject of pitch the expression is or ought to be obsolete.

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