Re MORE BANDWIDTH

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Tom writes:
<<Now about HT, I am of the opinion that if we were to start tuning HT for all
types of music,  Pianists in general would soon be saying "boy there don't
seem to be many  good tooners around anymore".  I vote Keep HT with H music.>>

     I agree 1000%!  To do otherwise is ultimately counterproductive, even if
it seems that there are sufficient "small victories" here and there.  Those
pianos will be forming a lot more opinions out there than just the one of the
person who paid you.  Convincing that person to accept and like an atypical(
and right now, all HT's are atypical),  tuning might feel like progress, but
the next twenty people that play it, with no illumination about what the
difference is, will think ->"out of tune".  
    I have reservations about a lot of the HT's on modern pianos.  There are
some that simply don't sound good.  They may have sounded bad on original
instruments, I dunno.   If the music remains simple, and modulations are kept
close,  then almost anything will work, (though there is a qualitive
difference between meantone and WT;s).   However, for almost anything after
Mozart,  the Kirnberger  III is about as radical as I have been able to get
without disgusting the ears of my learning audiences.  Some of the more
experienced ears can appreciate the 1/7 C tuning for Brahms,  but it usually
will not enjoyed by a complete novice listener. 
Regards, 
Ed Foote