<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Who says E.T. is the best way to solve octave divisions?</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Although there is much to be said for playing "period" music on "period" instruments, tuned to "period" temperaments, one can legitimately tune a modern instrument to an early temperament, and recapture much of the composers original intent for his music.</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>I've been tuning well temperaments for years, using Coleman 11 as a default</div> <div>unless specifically requested. One piano teacher (Julliard grad.) says that she</div> <div>doesn't have to try to inject expression into the music because it was written in.</div> <div><br></div> <div>At a concert yesterday the pianist didn't notice non-ET only that the piano sounded great,</div> <div>plus it had drifted up to 443 from 441 in August (evenly I might add).</div> <div><br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page</div> </body> </html>