<!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">What I am hoping is that some of the more experienced WT tuners can tell me</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">(and others) what would be good tunings from the list to use,</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>For me, the eye-opener was the Festival of Temperaments at the convention in Providence, RI.  Bill Bremmer's EBVT won out over numerous temperaments.</div> <div>But what I had noticed was that his temperament was similar to some of my</div> <div>'best' sounding aural crafted tunings.  I was conscious that a slower C-E third</div> <div>made for a better sounding solid C chord but unaware of the reason.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Taking Ed Foote's advise in the WT direction, I bought a VT100 (being too lazy</div> <div>to learn a few new temperament bearings) and started with Thos. Moore & Co.</div> <div>and Broadwood's Best.</div> <div><br></div> <div>These are two mild Victorian temperaments and a good first venture from ET.</div> <div>With accomplished pianists I would discuss this ET departure to get their</div> <div>approval.  I'd start with the Moore and at the next tuning suggest the Broadwood's</div> <div>Best. Usually I left it with the Broadwood but with one customer I went back in time</div> <div>to Young but she requested to back up to the Broadwood's Best at the next tuning.</div> <div>She and one other customer are enjoying the Lehman/Bach temperament. (Her</div> <div>exact words were, "I want to keep it this way, always.")</div> <div><br></div> <div>Personally I was finding some of the fifths a little too fast for my liking in the Moore</div> <div>and Broadwood and have stuck with Coleman 11.  So now I have 2 or 3 customers</div> <div>who insist on ET, 2 with Lehman/Bach, all others are Coleman 11 (the perfect choice)</div> <div>close enough to ET to be unnoticed and tempered enough to reestablish key color.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Thanks Jim.</div> <div><br></div> <div>BTW, string players are the most appreciative of the departure from ET.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page</div> </body> </html>