<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = khtml-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>This is interesting, Fred!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>It seems that the dissertation is here:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.millersrus.com/dissertation/">http://www.millersrus.co= m/dissertation/</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Click on the names of Figures in the text to play = music fragments in different temperaments.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=fssturm@unm.edu href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">Fred = Sturm</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 14, = 2006 6:51 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Temperaments (Was Re: = [CAUT] Steinway B breaking strings)</DIV> <DIV><BR></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. <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><FONT size=2></FONT><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></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>