<!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 6.00.2715.400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim, you and I am on the same page! Strings should do exactly as the brass choirs: we should both strive for beatless intervals. It is just we are using slightly different terminology to say the same thing. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=1><EM></EM></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=1><EM>Isn't comparing pianos and their peculiarities to other groups irrelevant as far as temperaments go? When mixing the two, the instruments that can tune "on the fly" so to speak, will by necessity match the fixed instruments (i.e. piano).</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well . . . it is not irrelevant, it is actually a big problem. String players have a very difficult time playing in a system of EQT, but we do what we can. It is generally less of a problem for strings to play against something like a well temperament ( . . . it is simply because there are less beating intervals to be concerned with).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=1><EM>Susan K. said no string player would ever play a beatless 3rd except by ineptness ... Is that true?</EM></FONT> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No, and if she really feels that way . . . well I am just glad that I have not had the pleasure to do a performance with her. You are absolutely correct: sections of a really good orchestra will [strive to] play beatless chords. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM><FONT size=1></FONT></EM></FONT><EM><FONT face=Arial size=1></FONT></EM> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Bradley<FONT></FONT></FONT></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></BODY></HTML>