Richard, <<I thought I would comment on the paragraph below tho... as it seems that Bill B has made a pretty good point about the general lack of true ET in the USA, which is probably pretty much the same everywhere. I wouldnt be suprised to find his "reverse well" position to be very close to the truth.>> On the church organs that I check pitch, many of them have slow Ab-C and B-D# thirds, and the C-E third beating faster than all the rest. Some of the fourths and fifths beat quite rapidly as well. This *may* be due to the pitch changes that organs experience, but I've seen it the day after the organ tuner left too. <<Perhaps one of the most important reasons to start on the road to learning HT's is that it forces one to become more conciously aware of certain tuning concepts that are otherwise easily neglected, and that represents in reality a great value to our tuners toolbox. It helps us to make much more concious choices regarding what we do, and why we do it.>> This is an important point, and it certainly has made me more aware of the various choices in tuning. I've also noticed that my ET tunings have become better in the process--er, rather have become truly equal. John M. Formsma Blue Mountain, MS PTG Associate, Memphis Chapter mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com
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