<HTML>In a message dated 3/25/0= 3 10:32:23 PM Pacific Standard Time, hufford1@airmail.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">> As far as choosing bet= ween the two grands in the professors room. The > professor in question has been sick so I havent been able to get hi= s > opinion. But one student was put to the test today, and her immedia= te > reaction was decidedly positive, tho this was based on just a few > seconds play on the instrument with the Well Temperament tuning. Sh= e > said right of that it sounded much better then it had sounded in th= e > past. I told her to play around with it, do a few peices on both pi= anos > and compare and try and put a finger on whatever differences she co= uld > identify. Her curiosity peaked immediatly and she moved her practic= e > session into the room. I will probably run into her tommorrow. > > If nothing else this exercise definatly shows that the students are > enthusasitic about the possibility of something new and different t= o > check out. How far that "novelty effect" will take them remains to = be > seen. </BLOCKQUOTE> Ric, It might be interesting to suggest to the students that they play pieces= in more remote keys, like B or F# to get the real bite of some of the faste= r beating thirds.  And perhaps even have them play things that make use= of pieces that employ whole-tone scales.   Dave S.</HTML>