<HTML>In a message dated 9/23/02 10:51:19 AM Central Daylight Time, joegarrett@earthlink.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">My apologies. </BLOCKQUOTE> That was neither necessary nor expected.  From the very day I ever wrote something on this list, people have said that kind of thing to me.  I viewed it as the kind of "pecking order" found in a chicken coop and said so.  You can imagine the kind of uproar that provoked. Brrahhhh-pa-pa-pa-pahhhh! I certainly don't know everything there is to know about tuning but I do want to continue to explore all possibilities.  Where the resistance comes from is those who think there is nothing more to explore.  They resort to ridicule and character assassination but don't recognize it when it is thrown back at them. Anyone who expects me to tuck my tail and meekly back down in the face of those kinds of taunts is expecting something from me that will never happen. I'd rather answer the questions I know the answers to, pose some of my own from time to time and talk about progress in piano technology.  I don't mind humor but those who wish things were like they used to be want a chat room full of good ol' boys who all think they know it all and so therefore, have nothing to discuss but off topic material and are ready to pounce upon anyone who doesn't seem to fit in with their little clique. I have my own ideas about tuning and my own way of handling that kind of asocial pressure.  There is plenty on this list I don't have time to read and am not interested in.  As someone recently said, I don't mind deleting and don't care at all if I am deleted. Bill Bremmer RPT Madison, Wisconsin <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> </HTML>