Hi, Dan
Here's a list of pitches that was useful to me in another context recently:

http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory27.htm

It deals with Italy and England and all points in between.

The references at the bottom of the page include one specifically about flutes,
by valued
listmember Terry McGee who responded to your question on Tuesday. It's a small
world!

Malcolm Tattersall

--- In earlyflute@yahoogroups.com, "adam3luglio" <madam.d3@...> wrote:
>
> --- In earlyflute@yahoogroups.com, "Dan" <lemming1@> wrote:
> >
> > List,
> >
> > I'm a long-time lurker here, but I wanted to ask a few questions.
> >
> > Does anyone know with reletive certainty what the pitch standard(s)
> > in use were in England and Italy between the years 1890 and 1910?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dan
> >
>
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> I am not entirely sure about the period 1890 to 1910, but in June
> 1881, at a musical congress in Milan as part of the Musical
> Exposition held that year, it was decided to stabilise pitch in Italy
> at 432. Immediately prior to that date, several Italian institutions,
> including the Istituto Musicale di Firenze (Florence) and the Teatro
> San Carlo in Naples had adopted French pitch of 435 (fixed by the
> French government in accordance with a law passed on 16 February
> 1859), while the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome had adopted as
> its own pitch 450.
>
> I am not sure when/if pitch in Italy was actually fixed at 432 and,
> if so, when it was raised to 440. The answer to the first of these
> questions can probably be found in Giulio Ricordi's 'La Gazzetta
> Musicale di Milano.'
>
> Michael
>