<HTML>In a message dated 10/21/01 6:07:55 AM Central Daylight Time, davidlovepianos@earthlink.net (David Love) writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">That being said, if the pianist needs an altered tuning to create excitement, he should practice more.</BLOCKQUOTE> It's always been my belief, as a piano technician that the better prepared the piano, the better equipped the artist is.  Remember that I have not advocated *HT* as such for Jazz.  To you, this implies *altered* tuning which means something quite noticeably different and thus creates an *interference* with what you do rather than provide an enhancement. I don't know if you can or have tried my EBVT but as I have designed it (with Tempered Octaves), it is meant to enhance your playing, not shock or disturb your musical sensibilities.  It is meant to provide definition, texture and clarity, not weird, jarring and shocking dissonances.  If the EBVT is still to *altered* for you, I believe you might benefit from the Marpurg (also with my Tempered Octaves system).  I will give your piano an uncanny clean, crisp and clear sound but absolutely will not create any distinction between keys. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin</HTML>