Joe Garrett wrote: > Sheesh! No it does not. Taking into consideration that ancient = > instruments had quite a bit LESS inharmonicity would give you the idea = > that NO STRETCH is more appropriate, IMHO!! I assume you are answering my question of whether my approach seems reasonable. Thanks for reminding me that older instruments were not stretched as much. That gives me more insight into the issues involved. Just as tuning ET on a modern instrument involves comprimises, I'll have to decide how much stretch is reasonable for a WT, without sacrificing all those pure intervals too much. > However, it is my opinion that any HT on a modern instrument, > (excluding Modern HT's), is an excercise in futility and maybe a bit > of stupidity, as well. For me its not an academic exercise. The best sounds from a piano I have ever heard in my life have been on a modern piano tuned in the Prinz temperament. As I develop my ear more, I will appreciate the more subtle WT's as well. Sometimes I wonder why we even bother with ET on a modern piano. We're forcing a temperament that only has value as a scientific exercise on an instrument that departs so much from ideal theory that we have to fudge the tuning just to make it work. The modern piano is probably equally as poor for ET as it is for HT's. Charles Neuman
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