“It’s sitting above 440, because we’ve entered the more humid months, so the pitch floats upward,” Busse said. “I don’t know what ‘440’ means,” Woodall said. “It’s the standard pitch.” “Right,” Woodall said. “And I had two technicians who never told me that.” He’d started prepping for the role months before filming began, with help from the movie’s piano consultant, the tuner Peter White. “The first lesson Peter taught me was the wah-wah-wah-wah,” Woodall said. “The beats?” Busse asked.