Hi Terry, I seem to remember that Ed just 'happens' to have two CD's with just that kind of thing on them. :-) Avery At 07:47 PM 03/05/02 -0800, you wrote: >Ed, > >Perhaps you could recommend, if any, recordings either for solo piano or >otherwise, by ANY notable classical pianists, living or dead, who have had >there pianos tuned to anything OTHER than ET for their recordings, so I >can hear for myself just how wonderful these non-ET tunings sound; >afterall, in the final analysis, that's all that counts. >As for "learning" to tune in less popular temperaments, my SAT III has >built in non-equal temps which I can use anytime I have the inclination, >but unless requested, and so far that has NOT happened, i will use ET. > >Terry > > >>From: A440A@AOL.COM >>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >>To: pianotech@ptg.org >>Subject: Re: ET...go home >>Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 22:01:06 EST >> >>Terry writes: >> >If "WT" or ANYthing other than ET is so much better, in your opinion, than >> > why, I wonder, is ET so universally employed as the "standard?" >> >>Commercial appeal. It is the one size fits all. But first, to consider the >>statement, >>" If "WT" or ANYthing other than ET is so much better, in your opinion" >> It isn't necessarily MY opinion, I don't pay myself to tune. The >>greater attraction for WT pianos comes from the customers. I now have many >>customers that have told me that they will never return to ET, and I'm about >>the only source. I like being in this position here. That is the reason I >>have been suggesting that techs learn to tune more than one way. There is >>money, reputation, and job security out there for the more progressive tech. >> >> >I'm more than open to hearing your thoughts. I only know that our Steinway >>tech >> >tunes ONLY ET and his results are glorious! >> >>Has he ever had to compete with a tuner that is offering a wider variety of >>tuning? When the time comes, you may find that what is "glorious" loses some >>of its luster. >> >> >Let's remember that ten tuners can >> > tune ET on the SAME piano, and each may sound different, depending on the >> > accuracy, stability, and the amount of stretch of each tuning. >> >> Yes, but those differences are neglible in comparison to the >> differences >>between the clinical ET and even the mildest well-temperament. Without >>discussing it beforehand, I am finding that only 1 out of about 10 pianist >>prefer the Et piano to the well-tempered one, so there is more to this than a >>momentary infatuation with "new". >> There is a growing movement in this country towards a wider approach to >>temperaments and there will be more and more incidences of the WT tech taking >>business away from those that can't offer it. I have seen this happen in >>several places already and it shows no sign of letting up. >> "You don't need a weatherman to tell which way the wind blows". >>Regards, >>Ed Foote RPT > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
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