<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>         Why is equal temperament the only way to solve the dividing of octaves? I know that the beautifully mathematical solution on paper <EM>sounds and works</EM> fine, but what if there a way we could be missing out on something, such as better sounding music? Havent we manipulated string lengths and diameters to force E.T. to sound well? What information am I missing here?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA  </DIV><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's new at <A title="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" href="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" target="_blank">AOL.com</A> and <A title="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" href="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" target="_blank">Make AOL Your Homepage</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>