<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">...and why HT's are still used on harpsichords today (low tension).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">Gotta try it on my autoharp! :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=imatunr@srvinet.com href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">Joe And Penny Goss</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 26, 2006 9:35 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Setting Historic Temperaments question</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Joe,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Great point. one that I had not considered. That would have made the tonal experience much more tolerable in remote keys.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Perhaps that is why ET as we use it developed after higher tension wire started to be used.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>