<html> <body> Hi Fred, Yes, Chip is a great guy. One of our DMA graduates. He did his Lecture Recital several years ago on Chopin & had me tune either the Werkmeister or Kirnberger (I can't remember now) for it. For the extra work, he gave me a nice bottle of Chopin Vodka! :-D Avery At 05:51 PM 2/14/2006, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Feb 14, 2006, at 7:59 AM, <a href="mailto:A440A@aol.com">A440A@aol.com</a> wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">  I will add another thought.  Change the temperament! </blockquote> Hi Ed, all, 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>. 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. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico <a href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</a>  "Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it." Bertolt Brecht </blockquote></body> </html>