Pitch and HTs/Ed Foote changes my opinion

[Michael Jorgensen]

Hello Jim and List,
   
    Ed Foote just changed my view of the importance of A-440 in his
recent logical post which says that to ask musicians to accept a HT is
enough.  Asking them to also change their "A" is too much.  I believe
now that it is better to put A at 440 and accept and suffer all other
consequences associated with changing the overall average piano pitch. 
    I don't think the temperament relationship takes precedence over the
pitch standard.   Both are just too important like which is more
important- my heart or my kidneys?  I can't live without either, though
I can probably get by with alittle damage to both better than complete
failure of one.

-Mike Jorgensen RPT

JIMRPT@aol.com wrote:
" in  HT the
> relationship takes precedence over the standard ?"  Being that what I seem to
> be seeing is support for getting the intervals more corrrect taking precedence
> over the pitch.