Temperaments

[Michael Jorgensen]

Hi Jim, 
     Being likely one of those who comes off as thinking ET is
mediocre.,  I just want to clarify something.  I think ET is the hardest
temperament of all to tune and any that can do it can tune any HT. ET is
the last one taught in my fathers classes.  He starts with just
intonation and works them through meantone, well, and then ET as here
virtually every note is tempered. We miss the pure and close to pure
sounds in HT and even the wolves.  It just makes each key alittle more
interesting, though i certainly respect ET and think it is remarkable
how close tuners actually come to it in practice. Any who do ET are
certainly not backward.
-Mike Jorgensen RPT

JIMRPT wrote:
in some
> respects and how many who support "historical temperaments" have little but
> contempt for ET.   Go figure... it would seem to me that the enlightened ones
> would show a little more compassion towards all the 'backward folk'....Huh?
> JMO
> Jim Bryant (FL)
> " as "Beau Dahnker pianos work best under water" some spinets are best tuned
> with a BFR"
> Faintly Dull