<HTML>In a message dated 3/6/02 8:36:44 AM Central Standard Time, pianolover88@hotmail.com (pianolover 88) writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">If "WT" or ANYthing other than ET is so much better, in your opinion, than why, I wonder, is ET so universally employed as the "standard?" I'm more than open to hearing your thoughts. I only know that our Steinway tech tunes ONLY ET and his results are glorious! Let's remember that ten tuners can tune ET on the SAME piano, and each may sound different, depending on the accuracy, stability, and the amount of stretch of each tuning. Terry</BLOCKQUOTE> Ahemmm!  Terry, do you recall when I met you at that Steinway dealership and you asked my opinion on whether a particular Steinway was in good enough tune to go out?  I said "yes" and I also remarked that it was not in ET but a mild form of a WT, even if it was not done that way on purpose. The more claims there are of ET only, it seems the more that I can prove my point that it just isn't so.  That Steinway tuner may *believe* that he is tuning ET but if his results are consistently the way I heard that day, I'd say the reason his tunings sound so good is that they are *not* in fact, ET.  I wouldn't, however try to bring this up with him because he might get very defensive about it.  Believe me, I know this from experience. No one is ever likely to ask you for any of the tunings you have stored in your SAT because no one you're ever likely to tune for has ever heard of them.  That is why ET is considered "standard" because for a hundred years, the knowledge of any other choice has been suppressed and denied to the public.  Yet, people sometimes find a way to something better by trial and error while still holding contradictory beliefs. If you want to step into the HT territory, it is a bold move.  You really need to know what you're doing and how to make the proper choices.  If you go around talking too much about it, you'll get into the same kind of trouble I have.  It's a serious step to take, not something to do on a lark. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin <A HREF="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =-</A> </HTML>