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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#008080>Julia, since this question has
occurred to you, it will be well worth devoting some of your curiosity to
exploring this site: <A
href="http://www.rollingball.com/TemperamentsFrames.htm">http://www.rollingball.com/TemperamentsFrames.htm</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#008080>(my own work, stimulated
originally by Ed Foote)</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#008080></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#008080>I agree with Ed's moderate
response -- it's personal taste -- but I find that a mild well temperament is
very pleasing for any kind of music. The milder major third in the "white" keys
is a sound that we just do not hear very much, and it tastes good. Try something
from the group on my website called "Victorian Well", or one of the mild "modern
well" temperaments like Wendell's "Tweaked Synchronous Victorian" -- which I
just put on a Stwy B for a very talented (and delighted) pianist who plays a lot
of Beethoven and Chopin. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#008080></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana color=#008080>Jason</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=KeyKat88@aol.com href="mailto:KeyKat88@aol.com">KeyKat88@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> Sunday, September 17, 2006 3:24
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Temperaments </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Greetings,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Looking at the
temperaments in the PTG archives, I am overwhelmed; and absolutely
fascinated!!!</DIV>
<DIV> Surely, when
the master of the firey, L.V Beethoven wrote his Moonlight Sonata or
the Pathatique or <EM>any</EM> of his genius works, he was writing on a piano
with the temperament of his day. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Now, If I tune my
piano, as a passionate fan of Beethoven to the temperament of that
time, would I hear when I play his works, what
he<EM><U><STRONG> truly</STRONG></U></EM> intended? Or would the
difference be negligable / inconsequential between that temperament
and our latest truly equal temperament? Me
thinks I <EM><STRONG>would</STRONG></EM> hear the nuances of going from the
key of c#minor to the key of Emajor within a mouvement. Seeking
opinions and /or personal experience with this sort of thing.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Also. business is
finally, after 39 months, getting to be NOT hand to mouth anymore!
It's getting pretty good, and
(YippEEEE!!!) me thinks I am going to be able to afford to go to the
Eastern Regional PTG Conference in 2007. I am looking <EM>so</EM> forward to
meeting my senors / mentors on this list, who have graciously advised and
encouraged me with my piano questions!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thank You!</DIV>
<DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV>
<DIV>Reading, PA</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>