>Stephen Birkett wrote: > >> >>One factor that does have a serious impact on all of this is the >>mass of the dampers... > > >Stephen, > >Thanks for bringing this up, it's another reason to be suspicious of >the benefits of precision static calibration. It strikes me as >absurd ...Oh, I forgot, they should only play very softly. > >John Hartman RPT I couldn't agree more. And now that you mention it, no temperament results in all the intervals being pure. So it strikes me as absurd that anyone bothers tuning the d_____ things at all. They're just going to be mostly out of tune anyway when you get done. Phil Ford BFD
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