<!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>    Hazen, here's a good = clue; If you approach the piano and play the F-A third, and it seems really slow, = then you play the F#-A# third, and it's way too fast, my bet is that it's an Historical temperament.  Quick and dirty test, but pretty = universal. I'm sure I'll be corrected by someone, though. </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"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=HazenBannister@cs.com href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 29, 2002 = 6:18 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: This week's = encounters with Well Temperament</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hi list, = <BR> In an area with lots of different temperments going around,how can = someone know if you're a bad tuner,or maybe just changed things around on = purpose.If I go and play on a piano,and it does'nt sound right,I think to myself ,what = kind of no tuning rascal has been working on this piano,when maybe he did it = on purpose,how would people know. I'm like Terry,looking forward to = Chicago,and a new perspective. Also, I'm not trying to be negative in any way about = this, just curious and interested. <BR>Hazen Bannister</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>