In a message dated 6/14/00 6:55:41 PM Central Daylight Time, A440A@AOL.COM writes: << Of course, there will be some that refuse to listen to anything that is outside their preconceived sense of "correct", but the loss is theirs. They that have ears, let them hear. >> That was a very good and well written response, Ed, I must say. I must also admit that I would want to buy the recording for no other reason than it is different. I will have to see if I agree that the effect is beneficial and appropriate. I don't doubt that I will hear something worth while and that many, if not most will like it. For as long as I have been a technician, I have never stopped seeing and hearing what seem to be, at least at first, contradictions. Take any axiom, anything that a person says, with conviction, is the right way, the right reason, the correct manner, etc., you will, sooner or later, hear someone say quite the opposite. And what is even more bewildering is, that both can be considered correct and credible. Werkmeister would say that De Morgan's temperament is incorrect and inverted. But there is also a whole class of temperaments that is rarely discussed or used, the Modified Meantone Temperaments (MMT), which can be used for anything a Well-Temperament can, yet they violate his rules. So, I'm willing to listen and to accept the fact that there is an application for this kind of temperament. I too, have seen where it might have worked but always thought it would have been blatantly incorrect according to all have ever known and believed about the use of other tunings than ET. So, now I only stand prepared to have yet another kind of option at my disposal. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin
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