Hi, The problem as I see it is that there is *no* consensus on what a good temperament is. The same is true for octave stretching. One tuners *meat* is anothers poison. Thank you for making my point for me Jim! You might as well try to define *good* cherry pie as define a *good* temperament. I HATE cherry pie by the way, so no such animal exists for me--boils down again to personal taste. You can say a temperament is *even* or that it *favores* certain intervals. As to octave stretching I have one client who prefers her piano (a pso btw) to have the entire bass tuned as 2:1 octaves. She is an excellent musician. This is just how her piano sounds best to her. At 11:28 PM 2/21/99 EST, you wrote: > >In a message dated 2/21/99 4:27:19 PM, Don wrote: > ><<"If unisons are *really* the only thing that matters">> > >all wrong except one?? Isn't each of those temperaments a "matter of taste"? > Haven't we agreed, more or less, that not all equal temperaments are equal, >and that not all historical temperaments are historical, and that what works >best for the person doing the work, and the customer, is what should be used? > >but.................here is how I see it...just for discussion sake: >Good temperament + solid unisons = good tuning >Good temperament + shaky unisons = not so good tuning >Not so good temperament + solid unisons = not so good tuning >Not so good temperament + shaky unisons = bad tuning >(all the above are disregarding individual stretch preferences of course) > >Jim Bryant (FL) Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts drose@dlcwest.com http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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