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<DIV><FONT size=2>I don't think I would analogize this individual as =
someone
trying to demonstrate that we didn't go to the moon. He too is a =
CTE and
an objective and academic sort without an agenda to push. It's =
unfortunate
that the discussion can't take place without so much vitriol and
politics.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=Billbrpt@AOL.COM =
href="mailto:Billbrpt@AOL.COM">Billbrpt@AOL.COM</A>
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<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> February 21, 2002 9:00 =
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Equal Temperament, =
Oh
really, what else is news?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
2/21/02 10:18:57 AM Central Standard Time, <A
=
href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n=
et</A>
(David Love) writes: <BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">There is a local composer/technician who has apparently =
done
extensive research and found documentation suggesting that ET, =
contrary to
popular belief, was actually being used pre-1800. He has done =
a few
presentations on this subject and though I haven't personally heard =
them, it
certainly adds fuel to the fire, doesn't it. <BR><BR>David
Lov</BLOCKQUOTE>e</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 =
size=3
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> <BR><BR>Yes, and there are people who are still =
trying to
prove that we never went to the moon, either, even though it would =
have been
much more difficult to fake it. <BR><BR>I don't believe this is true =
because
tuning a really and truly Equal Temperament is as difficult to do by =
ear as
isdrawing a perfectly straight line free hand without a ruler. =
It is not
impossible but very few can really do it. Add to that, the =
information
we have now was not known back then and the instruments they had back =
then
were far more unstable than today's. <BR><BR>Research, research and =
research,
trying to find some thread of "proof" that somebody tuned in a way =
that nobody
wanted back then all you want, it just is not true. People will =
call
anything "equal" if they want to and that's where the real truth of =
the matter
lies. It was called something it was not. If they were =
really
trying for ET, that's all they were doing is trying. When =
everything
sounded "kinda sorta pretty even" (as a retired conductor used =
to call
it), and there were no obvious "sour" sounds, then it was ET. =
That's the
way my EBVT or Jim Coleman's WT's sound and they are most decidedly =
*not* ET.
<BR><BR>I've also been researching for years too. I don't bring =
this up
very often because every time I do, I get accused of "unethical =
advertising".
But as a CTE for over 10 years now, I have seen and heard =
everything,
both in and out of the exam room. Very few people are able to =
score a
100 in the temperament and midrange. Even if they do, the =
tolerances can
still allow for audible inequality. Calculated elctronic =
programs are
only as good as the accuracy of programming, the scale design of the =
piano and
the aural correction of the two afterwards are. But it's ET if =
you say
it is or you mean it to be, so it seems. <BR><BR>As far as I'm =
concerned, ET
has always been and will always be a theoretical idea which is not =
worth
pursuing. <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>