<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 5/9/02 10:44:38 AM Central Daylight Time, piano@charlesneuman.net (Charles Neuman) writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">That's pretty interesting. I'm curious about something. What would you do
<BR>if someone approached you and said they wanted to take the tuning exam in
<BR>a specific non-ET temperament? The examining committee could be made up of
<BR>HT-friendly people. Would you be allowed to do that? Just curious. If
<BR>someone tried that, that would be an interesting precedent.
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<BR>Yes, it would be interesting all right, interesting enough for me to get into more trouble than I ever have before so no, I would not do it. Besides, the Exam is a theoretical and hypothetical situation. It's not really like any real life tuning because it breaks the tuning skills up into parts. Using ET as a standard for the Exam is fine by me because it is very challenging. The Exam results are also audited by the Examinations and Test Standards Committee. Using another standard besides ET might present a problem since that committee is only used to working with ET.
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<BR>Many people have thought that I am out to "change the Exam". Let me make it clear that it is not nor ever has been my intention. But this also does not mean that because ET is used for the Exam that I accept the notion that some people have that PTG is dictating a standard by which we must all comply. This is not in the bylaws or Code of Ethics even though some people feel it is implied or an "unwritten rule".
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<BR>Bill Bremmer RPT
<BR>Madison, Wisconsin
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