Non-ETs; more organic than ET?

[gordon stelter]

I have a high degree of respect for Ed Foote, and he
knows a lot more about specialized and historic
tunings than I do. I'm primarily a rebuilder. 
     But I'm also a professional musician specializing
in the chordally highly complex, more advanced popular
piano playing styles of the 1890-1940 period.
     ( As one would find on a good Ampico or Duo-art
roll from the late 1920's ) 
      My guess as to why the gripping, heart-wrenching
chords found in this music were not in early Classical
music is that they only became feasible in ET.
    That's all.

     Thump


--- Avery Todd <avery@ev1.net> wrote:
> I'll be very interested to see what Ed Foote has to
> say
> about this, since he tunes WT for quite a few of
> those!
> 
> Avery
> 
> At 05:20 PM 4/3/04, you wrote:
> >Thanks Don,
> >     Another benefit of ET, I suspect, is that it
> >allows for some wondrous, complex chords such as
> those
> >we jazzers ( and Debussiers  ) enjoy, which would
> >probably sound wretched in a "Historical"
> temperament.
> >    Anyone care to differ ???
> >      Thump
> >
> >
> >--- "Don A. Gilmore" <eromlignod@kc.rr.com> wrote:
> > > I may be an engineer, but I'm also an advanced,
> > > conservatory-trained pianist
> > > of some 32 years experience (I started at the
> > > conservatory when I was eight
> > > in 1972) and  I come from a line of five
> generations
> > > of professional
> > > musicians (my grandfather was a famous jazz
> > > bandleader, singer and
> > > saxophonist in Kansas City).  That's more than
> can


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