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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don, =
take a deep
breath... The real reason that some musicians, and technicians are =
again
playing around with historical temperaments is because it is believed =
that some
composers would choose a certain key signature because of the coloring =
that key
would give the music that they wanted to convey to their listeners. Of =
course,
truely equal temperament wasn't possible until the early 20th century, =
but that
doesn't mean that one way is better than the other. Now-adays I =
usually
will offer my customers the possibility of having their pianos tuned in =
a
historical temperament, but I won't even bring the subject up unless =
they're the
kind of people who may be intrigued by the possibility. I =
remember
BB saying that he never ever tuned in ET, and I thought; "And his =
customers
don't even know it....." I assume that people want ET =
when
they call me. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I think you were a =
little
offended by the reference to engineers. Without engineers, we'd still be =
living
in the pre-industrial age and dying at the age of 35. There, feel
better?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR>ET wasn't foisted upon the musical community by dastardly
engineers,<BR>politicians, or by divine decree; it was invented *by* =
musicians
and has<BR>been universally adopted because WE LIKE IT and because it =
solves the
many<BR>problems and limitations you experience if you don't use =
it. I AM
a<BR>musician. ET vastly simplifies music for us and lets us all =
play
and<BR>modulate with complete freedom. Any other temperament is a =
gimmick,
like<BR>titanium golf clubs or a six-string bass guitar. A $500 =
cue isn't
going to<BR>make you shoot pool any better and a fancy tuning isn't =
going to
make you<BR>sound any better.<BR><BR>Don<BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>