<!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 5.50.4807.2300" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Bill:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You've talked quite a bit of your "tempered octaves" but as one who has seen everything from 2:1 octaves to outrageously stretched octaves I don't know what kind of stretch you're talking about.  Could you give us some numbers so we can know what you mean by tempered octaves?  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>For example, when I tune a Steinway D my C6 is stretched to 5.06, C7 is 16.11, and C8 is 43.84.  This is what I consider a conservative tuning.  What kind of numbers do you get?  On any piano, just measure your C6, 7, & 8 and tell us what model piano it is, and how it stretches with your tempered octaves.  That would be very informative.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On 10/21/01 at 7:19 AM Billbrpt@AOL.COM wrote:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a message dated 10/21/01 6:07:55 AM Central Daylight Time, davidlovepianos@earthlink.net (David Love) writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">That being said, if the pianist needs an altered tuning to create excitement, he should practice more.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>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. <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Bill Bremmer RPT <BR>Madison, Wisconsin</FONT><FONT size=2 Arial></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML> <PRE> _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________</PRE>