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Tom writes:
>If I were to encounter a piano that had been just tuned to an historical
> temperment I'm sure I'd think that the piano had been tuned by a novice.

Greetings, 
    The impression of which you speak would not be formed solely from the 
piano, but also from your background knowledge.  It would form because you 
are judging the tuning from one perspective, that of a 20th century, ET, 
tuner.  Usually this happens when one checks the thirds chromatically rather 
than by the more historically used circle of fifths. 

>  Why would anyone want to leave that kind of impression ?   
   Nobody would want to leave that impression, but why would a tuner want to 
be familiar with only one of the many different ways that pianos have been 
tuned?  If judgement is made from a single point perspective, it is often in 
error. The only way around this is by knowing more than one way to do 
something. 
    I had a similar occurrance when a tuner listened to a Young, and 
pronounced the piano unfit to play.  It was with great glee that I watched 
him listen to Mozart being played on that tuning.  It gradually dawned on him 
that what he was calling out of tune sounded better than anything he had ever 
heard.  
REgards, 
Ed Foote RPT