<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1589" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=375554307-14042007>With so many temperaments to choose between, could you suggest an easy "Well Temperament" to start with?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=375554307-14042007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=375554307-14042007>Scott Jackson</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN class=375554307-14042007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Jon Page [mailto:jonpage@comcast.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 13 April 2007 22:07<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Temperament selection (was: Franz Mohr in Moscow)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>>...<FONT face=Arial color=#000000> Wurlitzer console and spinet and micro-grand pianos</FONT>...<FONT face=Arial color=#000000>"Harsh whiney crap."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>ET does have it's limitations on small pianos. A Well Temperament placed</DIV> <DIV>on these types really does make them more sonorous. Sounding better</DIV> <DIV>than you could imagine, taking the harshness and edginess out which</DIV> <DIV>ET puts in.</DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>-- </PRE></X-SIGSEP> <DIV><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Jon Page</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>