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<DIV><FONT size=2>There is a local composer/technician who has =
apparently done
extensive research and found documentation suggesting that ET, contrary =
to
popular belief, was actually being used pre-1800. He has done a =
few
presentations on this subject and though I haven't personally heard =
them, it
certainly adds fuel to the fire, doesn't it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Billbrpt@AOL.COM =
href="mailto:Billbrpt@AOL.COM">Billbrpt@AOL.COM</A>
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<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> February 21, 2002 7:45 =
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Equal Temperament, =
Oh
really, what else is news?</DIV>
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TYPE="CITE">"The breakthrough came in the eighteenth century,... =
Blah, blah
blah... a universe of greatly expanded possibility, one that allowed =
Liszt,
Chopin, Brahms, Debussy, and all those who followed to compose the =
piano
music we listen to today." <BR><BR>2001 <BR>Stuart Isacoff
<BR>Editor-in-Chief <BR>Piano Today <BR><BR>(inside cover of a book =
titled
"Temperament - the idea that solved music's greatest riddle") =
<BR><BR>Let's
see one of you guys or gals sell this dude one of them thar =
historical
temperament tunings! Wow! <BR><BR>Terry Farrell</FONT><FONT lang=0 =
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face=Arial
color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Some writing by the =
ancient Greek,
Ptolomy can also be found where he describes the perfect symmetry of =
the sun,
moon, planets and stars all revolving around the wonderfully *flat* =
earth.
There was a very long period in history, far longer than that of =
the
piano during which any dispute of this very "logical" thinking and =
"obvious"
truth, you would be imprisoned or executed. It was only in 1994, =
I think
that the Vatican finally forgave Galileo for his "sin" of believing =
otherwise.
<BR><BR>I and others are working on this but have many irons in the =
fire and
consider this nonsense to be of very low priority. Fortunately, =
some
people have seen these kinds of disinformation campaigns for what they =
are.
Check this site out to see what I mean:
<BR><BR> http://www.ma.utexas.edu/~miker/tuning/tuning.html =
<BR><BR>Bill Bremmer RPT <BR>Madison, Wisconsin <BR><A
href="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b =
r e m m e r
. c o m =-</A> </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>