<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've played guitar for years and = accepted the "normal" way to tune. I very interested in a "better" way. Do you know a = better method?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul Chick</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Billbrpt@AOL.COM" = title=Billbrpt@AOL.COM>Billbrpt@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A = href="mailto:SwamiJuan@AOL.COM" title=SwamiJuan@AOL.COM>SwamiJuan@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 17, = 2001 7:41 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> ET for Guitar</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>List, = <BR><BR>I went to the website for the Guild of American Luthiers that Charles Neuman = <BR>posted: <BR><BR><A = href="http://w3.ime.net/~cygnus/equal_temperament.html">http://w3.ime.n= et/~cygnus/equal_temperament.html</A> <BR><BR>I found a document which tells how that organization feels the = guitar should <BR>be tuned.  Here are a few phrases from it that seemed = to jump out at me: <BR><BR>"...equal temperament. You must accept this = compromise..." <BR><BR>"...Guitarists ... must learn to understand and accept equal temperament." <BR><BR>"...while in equal temperament each 5th must be = lowered slightly. " <BR><BR>"Tune the guitar as instructed below and let it = stand... help your ear accept <BR>equal temperament." <BR><BR>"...the strings = will be tuned perfectly to equal temperament. No further <BR>tuning = adjustments are permissible." <BR><BR>...................Guitarists of the world: =  Don't believe it, it's not true, there is a better, <BR>more musical way to = tune your instruments.  Take the credibility issue with <BR>"lowering = of the 5th" as your license to ignore this document as having any = <BR>validity at all. <BR><BR>Bill Bremmer RPT <BR>Madison, Wisconsin</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>