I restored a Seeburg L in 2009 and my piano technician, who was
re-stringing it, wanted to tune it to A=440, so I posed the question
to Art Reblitz. He confirmed that virtually all orchestrions, apart
from Nelson-Wiggen, stuck with A=435 till they ceased production in
1929. So your xylophone is right -- tune the _piano_ to A=435.
John Farmer, UK
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