>If one really believes that "temperament doesn't matter" (nor do octaves), >then there should be a "Temperament Doesn't Matter Festival" at the >National. > Line up a bunch of pianos, tune them all in any random way, play a bunch of >music on each and say to yourself, "I couldn't tell one from the other" and >you'll prove your point. > >I sure as heck know the difference..... >Bill Bremmer OK. Great idea. Let's stop talking about it and do it. Bremmer, Foote, Jorgenson: line up 6 C7s; tune 5 in various HT's; tune one by Virgil Smith in ET; it would be the real truth.....or at least that day's version of it. Let our ears hear, finally, what all this hoo-rah is about, in real time, from the real piano to our real ears. Isn't one of the aims of the Guild to advance the craft? What could be more crucial to advancement of the craft than a possible improvement in beauty, resonance and richness of a "normal" tuning? That seems to be a profoundly practical and highly ethical choice for the leaders of the Convention Committee to make. David Andersen
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