<HTML> Dear list: In my defense of Mr. Bremmers most recent post where he is personally attacking me and quoting stuff completely out of context I have decided to re-post my last letter to him so you can all see for yourself what I REALLY said. He has twisted (and he is) everything.He has even embellished my post-things I never said he claims I have, etc.  I know there has been much wasted bandwith on this subject so if you choose to delete I will not be offended in any way. Thanks. Sincerely, Greg Torres Gregory Torres wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> Bill: The truth is that you make many assumptions about me and other techs on this list based on your own perception of reality. You do not know me from Adam and because I have an opinion that is different than yours you think I must be an idiot or not knowledgeable in any way regarding the subject of HT's simply because I don't care to explore it with the zeal in which you do. I have studied music seriously for over 33 years, am a classically trained pianist, oboeist and play other instruments as well. I also have perfect pitch. (you might want to find out the true definition of that phrase as it means different things to different people but it is just pitch memory) Which means I had to work probably twice as hard as the next guy regarding learning how to set a basic temperament. You see I had difficulty accepting that you can't tune all of the 12 tones in our basic western scale perfectly to each other in ANY temperament. It is a compromise WHICHEVER way you choose to tune. I am also a professional musician and have studied jazz and theory and much more. You just don't know what others know simply because they may disagree with you. Keith McGavern said it well on one of his posts. There are MANY others on this list who feel the same way but you just can't see it because you are blinded by your arrogance and ignorance. There are so many ways to tune any piano. Ht, Et, Wt, Meantone, Werckmeister, Horowitz, Rubenstein, Billy Joel, Elton John-get my drift?. You tune what the customer wants-not what YOU want or THINKsomeone wants simply because they may have never heard of HT's or other alternate tunings of the past. You don't FORCE the customer to have you tune it the way you THINK it should be tuned. If you have someone that knows exactly what they want and can deliver-FINE!! I can bet you if you have been tuning as long as I have (probably longer) you know that most of the people you tune for (or perhaps tuned for since you probably don't tune for them anymore)  couldn't even tell when a unison was slightly out. They only called because it has been over a year or more or the piano teacher that little Johnny or Jane studies with insisted that they have it tuned. I agree with you that HT's are an important thing to know about, explore, etc, but my point was and still is...ET is what most people want and expect unless they ask for something else specifically. Give the customer what they want. Don't slam other techs who either don't know or care about HT's. And don't assume other techs are ignorant or stupid simply because they don't share the same enthusiasm you do. Greg Torres Billbrpt@aol.com wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>  What is the truth, Greg? Bill</BLOCKQUOTE>  </BLOCKQUOTE>  </HTML>