Bill Bremmer wrote: Just wait to see what happens if you would dare to suggest using a Historical Temperament on one of your instruments! I know you said that as a joke, but I had a customer actually suggest that once! I tuned her piano and she just wasn't happy with it. I asked why......she stated that it no longer had the "ring" that it did. ( I suppose that was due to the unisons being beatless) and suggested That I tune it in a manner that it sounded "old" Not quite thinking I heard her right, I asked her to repeat it. I told her that she was so used to hearing the piano out of tune, that she had become accustomed to hearing it in that condition, to give the new tuning a try. later she told me a year or so later, it sounded better! (boy did that do my ego good!) I suppose 10 years later it will REALLY sound good to her!<chuckle> Andy BTW, I get the list in digest form, the separate e-mails run me nuts!
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