If you know Madison, Wisconsin, you would understand. There it is not an imposition, it is a request. The pianists love it. This used to be my scene years ago, and I remember how much they loved it when they first heard and had the tuning done for them. I would also blame the sound quality partly on the room miking and overall acoustic, since Feldman's voice isn't too well covered either. I suspect they like the feel of it. One of my old friends is one of his facts researchers, and the aesthetic all around is quirky by design. Besides, I hate the way that pianist plays, and come to think of it THAT is why the piano is out of tune all the time. He has a particularly "spikey finger" style of playing. . I always have to turn the show off during the music sections, home town or no. AA Wow, the mind boggles. That's so interesting; the dealer imposes meantone temperament (on a jazz trio, no less - with all the chromatic haarmonic stuff going on) and nobody thinks that's odd, or questions it?! I wonder how the pianist feels? (Who knows, maybe he's an adventurous sort of jazzer, and thinks it's bizarre and interesting - he does sound like an easygoing sort, when Feldman engages him in conversation). I'll definitely have to listen to that show again : ) Now I'm really wondering whether it was the tuning or the temperament that I heard as being "off" somehow. Cheers, Allen On 25 Mar 2007, at 02:44, William R. Monroe wrote: > The dealer likes it. No other reason I know of. > > William R. Monroe
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