In a message dated 98-03-18 09:32:54 EST, you write: << Tom, could you do something for me? If the piano is still in the Valotti- Young, could you sit down with the Blumenstuck by Schumann, and play through it very slowly? When it sounds like "offal", could you analyze for me which intervals are bothering you the worst, and which direction you would move them? i.e. is it a busy fifth (too narrow)? a wide major third (too fast)? a narrow major third (too slow)? or a series of intervals like consecutive thirds or sixths which is too uneven? Inquiring mind would LOVE to find out! Best, Susan>> This was a very good question, Susan. I find it intriguing that you two seemed to be bothered by the opposite ends of what is different about the HT's. Usually, it seems, most technicians don't like any of the rapidly beating intervals that are faster than those in ET. Some are bothered by tempered 5ths. Some are bothered by what they perceive as "dull" 3rds. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin
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