I don't understand what you mean by 'pitched at'. Most instruments will use A=440Hz as a reference point, and that's how each and every orchestral instrument gets to be in tune with the rest.

A flute is a concert pitch instrument, thus will play a C or whatever and it'll sound like a concert C.

You may be confused by transposing instruments, like trumpet, which essentially will play notes a tone below what they call the notes. When the player sees a C, they will blow, and a Bb will come out. If an alto sax player sees a written C, it comes out as Eb. Odd, but true!

The scenario you state is incorrect, as 440Hz equates to an A, but in any case, playing one note at 440 and another at 335, how on earth could they sound the same - they're completely different pitches, producing completely different notes. The only way any two instruments are going to play the same sounding pitch is when they each play the same note at the same cycles/sec - Hz.

So, in summary - pitch = that a selected note is high or low - higher number = higher pitch. One would not have a flute tuned or 'pitched' to 335Hz. Basically, I think you've confused some terminology.

EDIT: second example (after your comment) - a flute tuned to 440Hz WILL NOT play the same sounding notes (pitches) as one tuned even to 432Hz. That's the whole point in using only one reference or datum point. And yes, everything will be relative to that datum point. How could it be otherwise?

I don't understand what you mean by 'pitched at'. Most instruments will use A=440Hz as a reference point, and that's how each and every orchestral instrument gets to be in tune with the rest.

A flute is a concert pitch instrument, thus will play a C or whatever and it'll sound like a concert C.

You may be confused by transposing instruments, like trumpet, which essentially will play notes a tone below what they call the notes. When the player sees a C, they will blow, and a Bb will come out. If an alto sax player sees a written C, it comes out as Eb. Odd, but true!

The scenario you state is incorrect, as 440Hz equates to an A, but in any case, playing one note at 440 and another at 335, how on earth could they sound the same - they're completely different pitches, producing completely different notes. The only way any two instruments are going to play the same sounding pitch is when they each play the same note at the same cycles/sec - Hz.

So, in summary - pitch = that a selected note is high or low - higher number = higher pitch. One would not have a flute tuned or 'pitched' to 335Hz. Basically, I think you've confused some terminology.

EDIT: second example (after your comment) - a flute tuned to 440Hz WILL NOT play the same sounding notes (pitches) as one tuned even to 432Hz. That's the whole point in using only one reference or datum point. And yes, everything will be relative to that datum point. How could it be otherwise?

EXTRA EDIT- That 335Hz note isn't far off half an octave from that (concert) A. Close to E/F. So that's the note it'd sound when 'playing an A (335). Now, does it make any sense...

I don't understand what you mean by 'pitched at'. Most instruments will use A=440Hz as a reference point, and that's how each and every orchestral instrument gets to be in tune with the rest.

A flute is a concert pitch instrument, thus will play a C or whatever and it'll sound like a concert C.

You may be confused by transposing instruments, like trumpet, which essentially will play notes a tone below what they call the notes. When the player sees a C, they will blow, and a Bb will come out. Odd, but true!

The scenario you state is incorrect, as 440Hz equates to an A, but in any case, playing one note at 440 and another at 335, how on earth could they sound the same - they're completely different pitches, producing completely different notes. The only way any two instruments are going to play the same sounding pitch is when they each play the same note at the same cycles/sec - Hz.

So, in summary - pitch = that a selected note is high or low - higher number = higher pitch. One would not have a flute tuned or 'pitched' to 335Hz. Basically, I think you've confused some terminology.

EDIT: second example (after your comment) - a flute tuned to 440Hz WILL NOT play the same sounding notes (pitches) as one tuned even to 432Hz. That's the whole point in using only one reference or datum point. And yes, everything will be relative to that datum point. How could it be otherwise?

I don't understand what you mean by 'pitched at'. Most instruments will use A=440Hz as a reference point, and that's how each and every orchestral instrument gets to be in tune with the rest.

A flute is a concert pitch instrument, thus will play a C or whatever and it'll sound like a concert C.

You may be confused by transposing instruments, like trumpet, which essentially will play notes a tone below what they call the notes. When the player sees a C, they will blow, and a Bb will come out. If an alto sax player sees a written C, it comes out as Eb. Odd, but true!

The scenario you state is incorrect, as 440Hz equates to an A, but in any case, playing one note at 440 and another at 335, how on earth could they sound the same - they're completely different pitches, producing completely different notes. The only way any two instruments are going to play the same sounding pitch is when they each play the same note at the same cycles/sec - Hz.

So, in summary - pitch = that a selected note is high or low - higher number = higher pitch. One would not have a flute tuned or 'pitched' to 335Hz. Basically, I think you've confused some terminology.

EDIT: second example (after your comment) - a flute tuned to 440Hz WILL NOT play the same sounding notes (pitches) as one tuned even to 432Hz. That's the whole point in using only one reference or datum point. And yes, everything will be relative to that datum point. How could it be otherwise?