<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>RE: whats the best temperament?</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"/> <meta charset="US-ASCII" http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"/> </head> <body style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: #ffffff"> <div align="left"><font style="font: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; color: black">I always hear that his temperament was kinda moody and even a little surly, because of his deafness. And, because of his deafness, he probably didn't even have his piano tuned in the later years of his life; in which case, he'd fit in very well in this part of the country.<br/><br/>Sorry, not a real answer, just Saturday Silliness.<br/><br/>Alan Barnard<br/>Salem, MO<br/><br/> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-left: #000000 3px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <hr/>Original message<br/>From: KeyKat88@aol.com<br/>To: pianotech@ptg.org<br/>Received: 2/16/2008 12:39:28 PM<br/>Subject: whats the best temperament?<br/><br/> <div align="left">Greetings,</div> <div> </div> <div>        What is the best temperament (the most likely that Beethoven's tuner used), to play Beethoven?</div> <div> </div> <div>Julia</div> <div>Reading, PA</div><br/><br/><br/> <div><font style="font: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; color: black"> <hr style="margin-top: 10px"/>Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. <a title="http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598" href="http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598" target="_blank">Watch the video on AOL Living.</a></font> </div> </div><a title="http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598" href="http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598" target="_blank"> </a></font> </div> </body> </html>