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What I wrote about Andy Karzas's comments concerning the pitch of the Auer records can be explained by the following. Based upon my notes from the time. On August 1, 1983, I played the two Auer records when Andy was here. I played them using my Technics SP-15 turntable. It has an LED speed change display. Additionally, I have a chart devised by a WFMT engineer that lists the very small up- or down- SP-15 increments in rpm terms. When I reached -0.9 on the LED display, Andy said "stop." On the chart, that was 77.56 rpm. The 12" Auer record contains Tchaikovsky's "Melodie," Op. 42#3. We established (I don't remember how: it's been almost 29 years) that the key for that transcription is E-Flat. At -0.9, Andy said "stop." "Start it again." "All right. That's E-Flat." I also don't remember what we did about the Brahms. Don Tait