<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Bill,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I like your posts, generally.  I = even like your web site.  You are a pretty interesting guy.  Gee, I wish = I could write like this.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joy!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elwood</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Billbrpt@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Billbrpt@AOL.COM">Billbrpt@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 09, 2002 = 8:19 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Reverse Well (was = Poetry? Get Real!!!)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 8/9/02 9:25:05 AM Central Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:sckline@attbi.com">sckline@attbi.com</A> (Susan Kline) = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">if people are aiming at Equal, and make a few <BR>little = "mistakes", or slight inexactitudes, small enough that <BR>they = aren't aware of them, WHY (she asked, incredulously) <BR>would one assume that = these errors would line up perfectly, <BR>so that the keys progressed = evenly but BACKWARDS? I mean, <BR>isn't it just as likely that they'd be = random? They are <BR>small enough that someone earning a living tuning pianos = <BR>isn't hearing them, even with whatever checks, etc., they <BR>are using. <BR><BR>Also, it seemed to me, when I first heard about Reverse = Well, <BR>that if it happened at all, it would likely happen with <BR>a fourths-and-fifths tuning. But, I feel, most of us use <BR>something = more sophisticated these days, so we just don't <BR>chase around the = circle of fifths. So why would any small <BR>discrepancies from a = scientifically "PERFECT" ET end up <BR>with a backwards slant? = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=3 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Really, this "Reverse Well" thing is nothing more than the product of confused = thinking of a chronically disordered mind.  It's called the "Don Quixote = Syndrome".  When a person like me just can't get his temperament equal, he, = through daily frustration begins to see the world in a backwards slant. =  He views everyone as doing what he, himself does, thereby shifting within his = own pathetic mind, the consequences for his own errors and shortcomings to = the rest of the world. <BR><BR>To the person who would just pull such a = ridiculous idea as "Reverse Well" out of thin air, the whole rest of the world is = marching out of step.  After all, no one else has ever thought of = such a thing, no one else has ever written such a thing, therefore, quite = obviously, it doesn't exist. <BR><BR>The plain fact is that ET is the standard of = the piano industry and has been for well over a century.  There is a painfully obvious reason why Historical Temperaments are precisely = that, historical.  Sure, not everyone gets their temperament completely = equal all the time but really, we all are human after all.  But these = small, occasional errors, do they really matter?  Of course not! =  Do they ever really create a consistent trend?  Never!  Do they have = any affect on the music?  None whatsoever! <BR><BR>So, you've been = right all along Susan.  This List had a nice, peaceful dialog going where = people talked about little problems that come up now and then and shared an occasional joke or anecdote.  Everyone accepted the standard way = of tuning pianos as the best way that had been proven for longer than any = of us have lived to be the best and could never be improved upon. = <BR><BR>Then, I came along, ruined and disrupted everything for no other purpose than = to call attention to myself, crying out for help but refusing to take it when = offered. You all tried, in vain, over and over to get me to see reality and to = have PTG remove me permanently from this list and even be kicked out of PTG for = causing this awful rift and controversy.  But PTG, fearing the threat of = a lawsuit or something was just too afraid to really try to do anything = about it.  Such are the shortcomings of living in a pluralist = democracy.  You are forced to live side by side with some of the kookiest = nut cases and can't really do anything about it. <BR><BR>So, have no fear or = worry, Susan, no one who tunes pianos ever does do any such thing as tune a = backwards version of a Well Tempered Tuning, it's just too crazy of a notion to = ever be true.  Some people have even gone to the trouble of trying to = find out if what I have been spewing forth on a daily basis might actually be = true.  To date, there has never been one shred of evidence to support = it!  No one, anywhere has ever come across an example of it. = <BR><BR>It just has to be that I see and hear things in this backwards way and = tragically force it upon my customers and have made my colleagues aware of it in = the most notoriously unethical and uncivil ways, like one of these anarchists = at a world economic conference: purely destructive, offering no redeeming contribution, creating only chaos, dismay and utter disgust, negating = any positive progress which could have occurred. <BR><BR>So, the thing to = do whenever you see any reference to or even hint about Reverse Well is = to just hit that delete key.  Sooner or later, people will all come to = the determination that everything I have ever said is pure Baloney and if = I am consistently ignored in my crazed rantings, I'll eventually stop = posting and hopefully seek treatment for my tragic disorder. <BR><BR></FONT><FONT = lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Bill = Bremmer RPT <BR>Madison, Wisconsin <BR><A = href="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =-</A> </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>