>In most cases I believe "early" tunings were somewhere around A=415.
>I think you'll find differently in Baroque-period England, however.
>Henry Purcell heard something more along the lines of AF6. Certainly
>the "characters" of the different keys had at least some effect on the
>music composed.
17th C. English music, played on recorders of that time, were sometimes a
note higher than A=440 while most music at that time was played at A=415
(it varied depending on organs in the region etc.)
In France, the music was often played at A=392 as well. There are many
examples of this on record (then and on 'recordings' now).
Andrys in Berkeley
http://andrys.com/books.html