<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> theoretically but not practically...   they arent in tune to "nature"... but theyr in tune to our "ears".. tell me.. who cares what nature is, if im lstening to a man play violin, and cant even sit there for 10 mins cos my ears are geting cut sliced etc by the pure fifths... correct me if im wrong, but they are in tune... theyr in harmony/in tune to human ears, and as far as im concerned thats all that matters...   Alicia <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Subject: RE: Wives tales ... violin tuning Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:45:15 -0500 From: dporritt@mail.smu.edu To: pianotech@ptg.org <META content="Microsoft SafeHTML" name=Generator> <STYLE> .ExternalClass .EC_shape {;} </STYLE> <STYLE> .ExternalClass p.EC_MsoNormal, .ExternalClass li.EC_MsoNormal, .ExternalClass div.EC_MsoNormal {margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';} .ExternalClass a:link, .ExternalClass span.EC_MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} .ExternalClass a:visited, .ExternalClass span.EC_MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;} .ExternalClass p {margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';} .ExternalClass span.EC_EmailStyle18 {font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';color:#215868;} .ExternalClass .EC_MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in;} .ExternalClass div.EC_Section1 {page:Section1;} </STYLE> <DIV class=EC_Section1> That violin professor was correct.  Pianos in ET are never in tune.   dp   <DIV>   David M. Porritt, RPT <A href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</A></DIV>   <DIV> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of A E Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 8:56 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: RE: Wives tales ... violin tuning</DIV></DIV>   Fortuntely atleast one violinist i heard so far tunes in ET and not that crappy  pure 5ths... I thought my significant other to tune his violin in ET, after a year of struggle he keeps thanking me.. says the sound vinally stopped "slicing" his ears and sounds in warm harmony... From associating with them... violinists not only tend to think strangely bout their own instruments.. but worse. rat down on pianos... I was told by him that while he was studying, his professors always said "pianos are never in tune"... and some worse things...   Sorry to change the subject, i thought id mention ET.   Alicia > Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:56:17 +0100 > From: ricb@pianostemmer.no > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Wives tales ... > > "Sadly, it's often pianists themselves." > > Violinists and Bureaucratic Cultural Pamps are also very high on that list. > > RicB > > > > <DIV class=EC_MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> <A href="http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000010ukm/direct/01/" target=_blank>Get Started! </A></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <hr />Messenger's gone Mobile! <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000001ukm/direct/01/' target='_new'>Get it now!</a></body> </html>