<HTML>List, I look forward to trying many of the HTs.  I have them sitting in my ETD, awaiting a proper time to come out and grace an instrument.  The biggest issue I see is where does one hear them all to decide which one/ones are appropriate for the situation?  Seeing the offsets written down, or a graph showing the offsets are interesting intellectual exercises, but how can we actually listen to them and compare without risking the wrath of a non-adventurous client or staid store owner by HT-ing their pianos? And can anybody satisfy my historical curiosity: is there any data out there about how HZ were measured before Heinrich HZ came along?  How were standard pitches set in rennaisance music?   Dave Stahl, Los Altos, CA. In a message dated 5/4/02 5:47:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Reikiharp@AOL.COM writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">remoody@midstatesd.net writes: <<     When one normally tunes In Equal Temperamant this is not being in any way imposed on the client. One is working to an official and accepted standard, >>                                                                                             Yea , Yea, Yea, so everyones been colouring with a standard blue crayon for a hundred years t  hen suddenly the information age catches up with our industry and we discover that we have the super-size 101 color box of crayola crayons with the sharpener built in to the side of the box.                                              I really don't care what the standard is, but I think it best serves musicians to know what their options are. Open up that enormous box of crayons , tell them most people use the standard blue if you want , then extend your hand and share what you know, Let them choose.   At that point if they say "do what you think is best" like many do. Do it.                                                                                      </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>