At 9:27 AM 12/20/95 -0700, A440A@aol.com wrote: >Greetings > > I have been watching this list for a while, and would like to know >if there are any practising tuners out there that >are using non equal temperaments for modern work............. > ............... ...................... > I would like to hear from anybody else that is currently working on a >temperament crusade, I really think there is more interest in the topic > than the current dialogue indicates. >regards, >Ed Foote >Precision Piano Works >Nashville, Tn. ------------------ (With hand waving in the air)........ I am! Ironically it seems that wide spread interest in and acceptance or support of unequal temperament will not happen among tuners, dealers or manufacturers until enough musicians get interested to the degree that they request or insist it. I say that this is ironic because it was the professional tuners and manufacturing industry (not musicians) who motivated the adoption of equal temperament on pianos in the first place. Pianists do have rational grounds for not dwelling on matters out of their direct control (they have enough to worry about), so to me this means that when these musicians do finally get more involved and show strong preferential interest in temperament we should take that seriously. I will also say to those who choose to wait for these requests from pianists, that this is expecting a lot initiative from your clients. If you understand that it is legitimate, then you should feel obligated to share that enlightenment. If you honestly believe that it is not legitimate, please don't bother. In that case, go to the library. Dennis Johnson St. Olaf College johnsond@stolaf.edu djohn@skypoint.com
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