<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>different temperaments: empirical test</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">My point is: would a musician notice a difference between the two</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">temperaments that were discussed the last days?</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Yes, most string players I encounter prefer a WT over ET to play with.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Is that discussion perhaps just theory with no practical relevance?</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>After hearing two pianos, side by side, one in Moore & Co and the other ET,</div> <div>the artistic director for a chamber music festival requested the mild WT.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Are tuners able to differentiate these temperaments when they hear a piece of music?</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>As one's experience develops with any subject, subtle difference are recognizable</div> <div>to the initiated. Just as if you listen to a lot of pianists, you can recognize a certain performers style but easier to recognize are composers' styles.</div> <div><br></div> <div>The Festival of Temperaments at the annual PTG convention in Rhode Island</div> <div>had a room with numerous pianos each tuned in a different temperament.</div> <div>With a roomful of tuners as the jury, ET did not surface as the preference.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page</div> </body> </html>