<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Well, according to Jorgensen,, the first person who actually = described a detailed method of tuning in ET was William Braid White. Before that, a = lot of people thought they were tuning in ET, but in reality, they were tuning = in something "approaching" ET. Most of the romantic era music was played = and composed in a variant of well-temperaments. Ask Bill, or Ed. Hey were = are you guys?</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=cybertuner@planet.nl = href="mailto:cybertuner@planet.nl">D.Martens</A> </DIV> <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> Tuesday, January 02, 2001 = 4:20 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Who = invented.......</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>.....Equal Temperament = ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Was it  Mersenne, JS Bach , = Lanfranco , or someone else ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I'm not sure about this = .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Does anyone on the List know = ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Duncan.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 = size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>