<!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>Bill,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I feel that using anything other than = ETon a piano without the customer being informed would be  arbitrary as what = 99.9% either do not know there is a difference or can not fully judge and = compair the result. I have been led to feel this way from my over 20 years of tuning = for customers who were very satisfied with my work when my ears were telling = me the tunings were just so so.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To my ears the piano, guitar, orchestra = bells (all fixed instruments) are extremely out of tune.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Give me the good olde Barber shop = quartet and my ears are satisfied.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh yes , once heard a junior college = symphonic band play a piece that used  chords built on fourths like C F Bb Eb Ab </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The resulting major second = relationships were beatless. Their performance was stunning. I wish the name of the piece = would come to mind but alas my forgetter is getting too good.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <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, April 26, 2002 = 7:14 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: OFF LIST!!!Re: = Songwriters, Temperaments (*was: neurology)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 4/26/02 7:59:25 AM Central Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:jkanter@rollingball.com">jkanter@rollingball.com</A> = (Jason Kanter) writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">> People like me who use unequal temperaments are = often accused of imposing our <BR>> own taste on the public ... =  How is Susan's explanation of why she only <BR>> likes and uses ET any different? <BR><BR>Susan doesn't seem angry, and she's not giving a = tirade. Big difference. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial = color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR>Right.  My post was an = angry, violent tirade and I go around abusing everybody and imposing my own = ridiculous, convoluted, twisted ideas on everybody.  It drives everyone away = and is a disgrace to the entire profession.  I should be kicked off this = list and out of PTG, be sued for libel, slander and violating common law = practice.  Once that is done, the world will be able to return to peaceful = bliss and harmony, of which ET stands as a shining example and symbol. = <BR><BR>Now that that's out of the way, what about the real question:  isn't = the arbitrary use of ET in fact imposing a specific set a values upon the = public without their informed consent? <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>