Tom writes: <<Now about HT, I am of the opinion that if we were to start tuning HT for all types of music, Pianists in general would soon be saying "boy there don't seem to be many good tooners around anymore". I vote Keep HT with H music.>> I agree 1000%! To do otherwise is ultimately counterproductive, even if it seems that there are sufficient "small victories" here and there. Those pianos will be forming a lot more opinions out there than just the one of the person who paid you. Convincing that person to accept and like an atypical( and right now, all HT's are atypical), tuning might feel like progress, but the next twenty people that play it, with no illumination about what the difference is, will think ->"out of tune". I have reservations about a lot of the HT's on modern pianos. There are some that simply don't sound good. They may have sounded bad on original instruments, I dunno. If the music remains simple, and modulations are kept close, then almost anything will work, (though there is a qualitive difference between meantone and WT;s). However, for almost anything after Mozart, the Kirnberger III is about as radical as I have been able to get without disgusting the ears of my learning audiences. Some of the more experienced ears can appreciate the 1/7 C tuning for Brahms, but it usually will not enjoyed by a complete novice listener. Regards, Ed Foote
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