<!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 6.00.2800.1543" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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 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=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joseph Garrett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:55 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Setting Historic Temperaments question</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV>KeyKat said: "<FONT size=+0>In tuning E.T., I always start tuning by setting F3 to F4 octave as </FONT> <DIV><FONT size=+0>temperament. On each piano the F3 to A3, 7 BPS, is different some pianos </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>require "faster" 7 BPS some "slower" 7BPS. Now if this is true that different </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>pianos require different beats for setting the temperaments, then I presume the </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>same is true for setting historic temperaments."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>For this reason, I believe that "historic temperaments" are NOT the same on a modern instrument. The old/ancient instruments had far less tension, thus giving an entirely different enharmonic spectrum. There was a plethora of inconsistancy to these instruments. This, I believe, was part of the "search" for an adequate temperament, i.e. so many different ones were "tried".<G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>If one, truly, wishes to hear how a specific temperament sounds, I believe it has to be done on an Historic piano or a good replica therein. Some pianos, such as the dreaded "over-damper uprights"<G>, will give you that "sound" IMO..</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>To me, historic temperaments on a modern piano is like putting lipstick on a pig.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Just my inflated $ opinion. Flack suit, (new model), zipped up tight.<BR></DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>