Hi, I remember my very first class from James Coleman. He said he had very rarely had a negative comment about tuning--but the few that he had had were about unisons. He further stated that no one *ever* questioned the temperament. What folks want is good stability, good unisons, a fast responsive action, and a beautiful sound. (not necessarily in this order). The next item on this short list might be temperament--but it also might be a nice shiny case. I was disappointed both times I've "heard" alternate temperaments done by "master tuners" because they always chose the "larger better piano" for the alternate temperament. Too bad they didn't have two identical pianos to work with, and too bad they didn't have the courage to place the alternate tuning on the poorer instrument. If a client wants HT great! If they want to "experiment" great! To my own shabby ear, however, HT's simply sound out of tune. My loss I'm sure. At 05:31 AM 1/12/2006 -0800, you wrote: >Possible, but not likely to have been the factor for virtually everyone. >Doesn't much explain decisions about recording either. Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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