anyone know of these guys?

[Don]

Hi all,

I was looking up something about care and maintenance and surfed here:

Tiny url:

http://tinyurl.com/b4nwl

Complete url:

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=1ur98024h1kcs?method=4&dsid=2
222&dekey=Care+and+maintenance+of+pianos&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc04a&link
text=Care%20and%20maintenance%20of%20pianos

The article mentions "There are a growing number of musicians and composers
who are tuning the piano in order to achieve different kinds of harmony not
possible with equal temperament tuning (normally found on the piano).
Examples of such persons are La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Michael
Harrison - to name a few. Their tunings create never before heard of
combinations of intervals (some large and some "micro") that lend
themselves to many beautiful and interesting new harmonies, scales, and
textural effects not possible in equal temperament. Of course, these brands
of tuning are limited by the internal structure of the instrument itself.
One must be very careful because the soundboard or "plate" can only hold so
much tension before it breaks."

Does anyone know these folks?

It certainly sounds as if the Wikipeda folks are anti non equal
temperment--using a scare tactic of plate breaking.

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat

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