Dear Don and List: WELL SAID!!! That's pretty much what I have been trying to say all along. It's just that some seem to think that there is only one correct way to tune a HT and anything else is wrong. Thanks for putting it so simple, yet eloquent. Sincerely, Greg Torres Don wrote: > Hi folks, > > Following this thread with great interest. > > Points for you to ponder: > > 1. no one knows what these temperaments *really* sounded like. > > 2. no one knows if the directions (which were some what *general*) are correct > > 3. Seems that tuning HT's comes down to a matter of the *taste* of the tuner > doing the work. The example I use with my clients about *quality* is this. I > don't like cherry pie. That does NOT mean that cherry pie is NOT good, it > just means I personally don't like it. HT's are by nature total subjective. > > Does anyone know if the temperaments as they became *newer* i.e. 1750 > compared to 1850 became *more* equal in semitone size? Was this a trend? > > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > "Tuner for the Centre of the Arts" > drose@dlcwest.com > 3004 Grant Rd. > REGINA, SK > S4S 5G7 > 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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