<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: The True Properties of= EBVT</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE> Ain't it the truth... D.I. ----- Original message= ----------------------------------------> From: Jason= Kanter <<A= href="mailto:jkanter@rollingball.com">jkanter@rollingball.com</A= >> To: <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> Rec= eived: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 07:12:45 -0700 Subject: Re: The True= Properties of EBVT From Jorgensen, page 295: "Charles Earl= Stanhope's treatise, "Principles of the Science of Tuning= Instruments with Fixed Tones," created much interest and= controversy. Immediately, negative reviews appeared. Some of= these were caused by Stanhope's statement that half of the= musicians preferred the idea of equal temperament while the= other half were diametrically opposed to it. This divided the= musicians into camps, some of whom were offended by Stanhope's= extreme criticism of equal temperament and also by his= implication that everyone who had heard the Stanhope temperament= was converted to it." It's a steady state= universe. </BLOCKQUOTE> || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| ||= ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| jason kanter * piano tuning * piano= teaching bellevue, wa * 425 562 4127 * cell 425 831= 1561 orcas island * 360 376 2799 || ||| || ||| || ||| ||= ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| <BLOCKQUOTE>From: SidewaysWell1713@AOL.COM Reply-To:= pianotech@ptg.org Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 05:39:54= EDT To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: The= True Properties of EBVT </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE>Ed Foote lied and tried to escalate a= fight on this list as he has done many times in the past by= saying: <BLOCKQUOTE>This doesn't change the fact that= the ebvt creates a more tempered E-G# of 17+cents than the= F#-A# of 13.7.  It is folly to think that going up two= semitones will somehow make the F# third seem to beat= faster.  It doesn't, </BLOCKQUOTE><FONT= size=2>and the harmonic balance is poor because of it.= These are the= correct figures which Ed knows are correct and do not create an= imbalance but instead, Equal Beating, which is allowed under= Werkmeister's rules: E3=           17.5=           &nbs= p;    F#3=         16.0 I= tune by ear, so rather than depending on a program, I listen to= what I am doing.  The very last thing I would ever do is= create a temperament which has the kind of imbalances which Ed= maliciously used to try to discredit what I've been doing for 10= years. Many of you may not understand what this argument= is about but that doesn't really matter.  What does matter= is Ed Foote's history of making public, defamatory statements.=   Therefore, I have adopted a new screen name which= I will use to remind everyone of this.  I'll keep using= this screen name until Ed Foote admits that the EBVT does indeed= meet the Rules of Well Tempered Tuning. The EBVT has= never substantially changed since it was designed 10 years ago= but Ed Foote has been trying to discredit and supress it all= along.  Anyone can design their own temperament who wants= to, it's not at all difficult.  I had designed several= before hitting on the EBVT idea which produced the most= generally appealing sound of any idea I had known of before or= since. I'm sticking to what I know how to do and will= not be intimidated by someone who can only copy numbers out of a= book.  There are many people who have learned to tune the= EBVT and there is growing interest in it.  That will= continue as will this reminder that Ed Foote once again went way= too far.=            =   Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin Click here:= -=w w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =-= <http://www.billbremmer.com/>   <FONT= color=#0f0f0f> </BLOCKQUOTE> = </BODY></HTML>