<HTML>In a message dated 1/19/0= 1 6:12:55 PM Central Standard Time, : shop@farleyspianos.com (Farley's House of Pianos) writes: "A new CD of Chopin works recorded on a completely restored Steinway mo= del B (1907) in Jean-Baptiste Rameau 1/7 comma meantone is available for sale.= " Well, by gosh, he did it!  Although I can tell that it was one of h= is staff that wrote the post.  Tim is really not the kind of person who uses= a computer. There is an error in the name of the person who designed the temperament= .  It is *Romieu*, not *Rameau*.  Jean-Baptiste Romieu and Jean-Philippe = Rameau are definitely not the same person.  The 1/7 Comma Meantone Temperament= was designed in 1758 by Romieu.  Rameau is known for using an 18th Cent= ury *Modified* Meantone Temperament (a different class of temperaments altogether). I hope as many of you as possible get that CD and express your opinion a= bout it, even those who say they prefer ET.  I would expect at least som= e people to say it sounds "out of tune".  When I was getting the Baldwin SD-= 10 ready for the notorious performance in Albuquerque,  I invited 2 gentleme= n from Steinway for an advance hearing of what the tuning would sound like that= night.  As, the artist practiced the Beethoven "Pathetique" Sonata,= I was thinking how powerful of an impression the temperament gave the "wailing= ghost" sounds in the key of F minor. The Steinway men just laughed and smirked, "Bill, that sounds *out of tu= ne*!"  Apparently, some people later on thought so, too.  But if you= 'll give it a fair listen, I think you'll find what I observed:  there is some extraordinary beauty the temperament provides that just cannot be heard = any other way.  In order to get that really sweet sound, you have to en= dure what sometimes sounds tart and strained. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin </HTML>