At 07:57 PM 16/04/02 -0400, Charles wrote:
>As for the rule, I understand the point of keeping people from creating
>their own levels of superiority, but I think that rule raised some freedom
>of speach issues.
If I recall the original rule read something like "Members shall not
advertise that their method of tuning is superior to others." I don't
remember it mentioning ETAs at all. It was in effect when I joined the
Guild along with a number of other good things that ultimately went by the
wayside.
The intent had nothing to do with free speech, but rather it was to prevent
people from advertising that they were better tuners than their peers for
any reason. That's merely professional courtesy anyway.
>Now, as for what's next... Will someone be prohibited from saying, "WT is
>better than ET?" Sorry, I couldn't resist... :)
The day that happens I'll return my membership card. Temperaments are
another tool we can use to make pianos sound better. I think we all have an
obligation to understand how that tool is used, even if we don't use it
ourselves.
Incidentally, I've been keeping the Moore Representative Victorian on the
64 note spinet beside my desk here and it definitely sounds better than it
does when I try to force it into something resembling ET. I'm curious
about whether having just two strings per note on a short-scale piano lends
itself more towards HTs rather than ET. Any comments?
Anyway, I hope that clarifies this a little. I'm sure one of the elder
statespeople will correct me if I'm wrong about the advertising rule.
John
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