In working with the Family Theater transcriptions, I kept a separate valid file of the opening bars of the beginning music to use as a double check. I found more than once that I had to change the pitch of the recording I was working on due to variances in turntables and dubs.

--- On Fri, 10/5/12, Doug Pomeroy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Doug Pomeroy <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] ARSCLIST Digest - 3 Oct 2012 to 4 Oct 2012 (#2012-274)
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Date: Friday, October 5, 2012, 7:50 AM

Beware that in some cases the NBC chimes may have been dubbed from
another disc, and where two turntables are involved the chimes will probably 
no longer sound G/E/C exactly. I've encountered cases where they were very 
far off.

> 
> With some shows, you can compare the speed and pitch of the theme with
> other known recordings in the series or things that are pretty
> standardized like the pitch of the NBC chimes.
> 
> 
> rand

Doug Pomeroy
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