This week's encounters with Well Temperament

[Farrell]

Oh, I know Ed. Kinda. Well, not really. Watch me after I attend HT classes in Chicago! I just know so very little about what the various other temperaments do, what they sound like, how they affect various types of music, how folks might respond to them, etc., etc. I'm really just shooting in the dark. That is why I am looking forward to this Chicago class where the focus will be in how to select an appropriate HT. Are you aware of any other guidance sources for choosing a temperament? What are you consulting rates?  ;-)

If I had a more solid and wider ranging foundation with these things, I could talk sensibly to a musician and perhaps go for something stronger. I have trouble steering them one way or another when I am seemingly just as clueless as they are.

Terry Farrell
  
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> 
> >> Others in Coleman 11? 
>  
> >Some. If it is a bigger, better or whatever piano, I tune it ET, but if
> >the pianist appears interested in the piano, etc., I will ask if they would
> >like to try a non-ET. I usually suggest the Coleman 11 as a starter.
>  
>    This seems to be limiting yourself. The more serious pianists are the ones 
> that I find are most pleased with a well-tempered piano.   Don't let a bigger 
> piano, or a better pianist, scare you off of offering. 
> Regards, 
> ED Foote
>