<!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>Hey Guys,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When I first started tuning I had my own scale too. It sure wasn't = ET but some said it was Extra Telestral. Then I learnt how to set a scale = properly (the same as everyone else) and now I'm down to earth. Sometimes I think that = my first scale was one of these EBVT thingees that you guys rave on about = and sometimes I wonder if they are popular because they don't have to be = exact cos if they were exact then they would be ET.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I guess that when we all started to learn how to tune pianos = someone  said "gee thats beautiful, I love the sound when I play in E flat major = seventh diminished."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tony Caught<BR><A href="mailto:caute@optusnet.com.au">caute@optusnet.com.au</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=jformsma@dixie-net.com = href="mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com">John M. Formsma</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Open Forum for Piano Technicians</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 10, = 2002 12:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [pianotech] re: = the true properties of EBVT</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT = face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=20085701-10092002><FONT color=#008000> << </FONT></SPAN>The interval size I = measured that day I wrote that post of E3-G#3 at 17.5 and F#3-A#3 at 16 sure = did sound to me like they were beating the same.  And even if they weren't = really exactly the same as could be measured scientifically, did this really = matter that much?  Was it enough to discredit someone's work of an = entire decade?  Did it *ruin* the music?  I hardly think = so. <SPAN class=20085701-10092002><FONT = color=#008000> >></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT = face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=20085701-10092002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT face=Arial><FONT = color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=20085701-10092002>Back when I was tuning the = EBVT, the E major third was always beating faster than the F# major third. This was one of the reasons why I stopped tuning the EBVT. = Alas, I was probably doing it "wrong," but I followed the directions = precisely. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT face=Arial><FONT = color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN = class=20085701-10092002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT lang=0 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial><FONT = color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN = class=20085701-10092002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>= <DIV><FONT lang=0 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT size=+0><FONT = face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=20085701-10092002>The unequal = tuning I do now is one I've developed on my own, but is very likely just another = temperament that I've not read about yet. Basically, it is less varied than = the EBVT and the E major third does not beat as fast, which is more = to my liking.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT size=+0><FONT = face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=20085701-10092002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT = lang=0 color=#000000 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT size=+0><FONT = size=+0><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=20085701-10092002></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=20085701-10092002>Sincerely,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=20085701-10092002><FONT color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=20085701-10092002><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff>John M. Formsma<BR>Blue Mountain, = MS<BR>PTG Associate, Memphis Chapter<BR><BR></FONT><A href="mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com" target=_blank>mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com</A></FONT><FONT = color=#0000ff> </FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=20085701-10092002></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN = class=20085701-10092002></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT= lang=0 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>