what's with the new temperaments?

[Richard Moody]

>after telling the story of finding an old business card:
>"Well tempered tunings"

>My
> bet is that he hadn't a clue that there was anything other than
>ET worth  tuning!  Now if I could just remember who's piano that
>was in......
>



So  he couldn't think of anything else but to call it "well
tempered"
Yep.  When writing history there is that old "prove your source".
But personal anecdote is acceptable to an extent



>Just like my college professor, who used
> the title of the Well Tempered Clavier to explain how Equal
>temperament was developed by Bach.....

> Ron Koval
> Chicagoland


I would be interested in what he said.     ---rm