<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Print job #2 coming = up. Good thinking Jon. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">There is nothing wrong with an industry standard but when it becomes a = dictate it erodes an individual's free will.<BR>Variety is the spice of = life.  A temperament is just a temperament; a tool to be used. It is not a = political or religious<BR>ideology to be defended with zealous = fervor.<BR><BR>Before I purchased an ETD, I was too lazy to learn a new temperament scheme. I = did rather well in my aural efforts<BR>but with the introduction of the = ETD the whole operation became easier and it broadened my horizon. I suppose = there are some<BR>people who buy a computer and only play solitaire on it. If = you have an ETD and don't try and HT, you are not realizing the<BR>full = potential of the machine or yourself.<BR><BR>Believe it or not, most pianos sound = better in something other than ET. This is not just my opinion but include = Julliard graduates<BR>(real musicians), they prefer the sound of their grand = pianos in WT not ET.   I did a test: a spinet, console and studio up = in my<BR>shop; all in ET and sounded edgy and harsh. I retuned them in a = WT and they became sonorous and quite = pleasing.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>