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-khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On Feb 14, 2006, at =
7:59 AM, <A href="mailto:A440A@aol.com">A440A@aol.com</A> =
wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE =
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class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I will add<SPAN =
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style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">another thought.<SPAN =
class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Change the temperament!<SPAN =
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</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>Hi Ed, all,</DIV><DIV><SPAN =
class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>On the =
subject of temperaments, I have been reading and listening to a =
fascinating dissertation by Willis "Chip" Miller. It opens with an =
excellent overview of the history of the development of various =
temperaments, but the main body has to do with the use of various =
unequal temperaments in Chopin. What I find most useful are the musical =
examples. He has some 50 short segments from Chopin pieces, a few =
measures each, with each one done in eight different temperaments. =
Werckmeister, Rameau, Roouseau, Stanhope, Jousse, DeMorgan, Broadwood =
Best, Broadwood Usual, and ET for reference. Regardless of how you =
respond to the arguments, having this resource is nothing short of =
amazing. Listen successively to each in turn, go back and forth. The =
subtleties are hard to catch at first, but with repeated listening, the =
differences are quite astounding. And so much handier than retuning a =
bunch of pianos <g>.</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" =
style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>The dissertation can be found =
at <A =
href="http://www.pianolit.com/tuning/">http://www.pianolit.com/tuning/</=
A> and can be read and listened to on line or downloaded. It is an =
"executable file" using flash and java. If you download, you need to =
find in the folder the item miller_diss.hqx or miller_diss.exe =
(Mac/Windows) and open it. Instructions =
included.</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>Regards,</DIV><DIV>Fred =
Sturm</DIV><DIV>University of New Mexico</DIV><DIV><A =
href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</A></DIV><DIV> "Art is =
not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape =
it." </DIV><DIV>Bertolt Brecht</DIV></DIV><BR =
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