question for the tuning masters

[J Patrick Draine]

Terry,It's called microtonal music. Yes, 97 notes in an octave may seem
extreme but I thought you enjoyed a Neil Young feedback solo  as much as I
do! Try some Harry Partch, Javanese gamelan music, LaMonte Young (whose "The
Well Tuned Piano" sounds nothing like Bach!), and many many others.
Patrick Draine

On 10/31/07, Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Might someone care to enlighten those of us who are not familiar with
> whatever the heck we are talking about here. Please tell me there is a
> typing error here - 97 notes spanning only one octave? Shirley, you must
> be
> joking!
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> >> On Oct 30, 2007, at 20:17, Gene Nelson wrote:
> >>     Anyone ever see Sauter's 97 note upright that spans one octave? The
> >>     question is: can it be tuned aurally? Gene
> >
> >
> > I've seen it, but the question I had at the time was of motivation. Why?
> > Why not add 4 keys, have it span 100¢ and test aural acuity?
> > Conrad Hoffsommer
>
>
>
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