<HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Julia-</DIV> <DIV>The important "knowing" about a temperament is to know first hand what it sounds like and feels like to play it. Playing in Kirnberger is an unforgettable experience.</DIV> <DIV>If you are serious about learning this, I think you should tune your piano in Kirnberger and play it for as long as you can, then report back to us about the experience.</DIV> <DIV>You can make it simple by strip muting heavily and just tuning one string per note.</DIV> <DIV>I look forward to hearing from you!</DIV> <DIV>Ed</DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: KeyKat88@aol.com <BR>Sent: Sep 24, 2006 11:27 PM <BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org <BR>Subject: Kirnberger and Kernberger III Temperaments <BR><BR><ZZZHTML><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv="Content-Type" charset="US-ASCII"><ZZZMETA content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name="GENERATOR"></ZZZHEAD><ZZZBODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>        What is the difference between Kirnberger and Kirnberger III temperaments? I cant seem to find Kirberger III on Rollingball.com.  Also, if there is a Kirnberger and a Kirnberger III, then what happened to Kirnbergers I and II? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>      Also, what is the difference between Well and Victorian temperaments and then there is a combo; Victorian-Well temperaments?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY>