Non-ETs; more organic than ET?

[gordon stelter]

P.S. Please allow me to add that I am aware that what
was composed on non-ET will very likely sound best on
the temperament it was composed in.
     Thump

--- Dean May <DeanMay@PianoRebuilders.com> wrote:
> This is a fascinating discussion. I have never paid
> much attention to WT
> before, but am anxious to try it on my daughter's
> piano and have her play me
> some Mozart.
> 
> Looking at my RCT tools, I find a couple dozen
> different WTs. How does one
> select which one to use?
> 
> Dean
> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of David M. Porritt
> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 2:18 PM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Non-ETs; more organic than ET?
> 
> ----- Original message
> ---------------------------------------->
> From: "Don A. Gilmore" <eromlignod@kc.rr.com>
> --- big snip ---
> 
> >Ever since ET was instituted, musicians (who are
> not always the most
> >scientific lot) have heard that it "compromises"
> the pure, sonorous musical
> >intervals.
> 
> --- big snip ---
> 
> Engineers (who are not always the most artistic lot)
> tend to think that if a
> temperament can be constructed with a rational
> number it must be right.
> However, if one wants to hear what Mozart was
> hearing you can't use ET.  Of
> course hearing what Mozart heard might not be
> important to you, but if it
> is................
> 
> dave
> 
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