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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>OK, OK...breath in the love...push out =
the
jive. Now I feel better.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Actually I'm not offended at all. =
I just
broke my personal rule of not using all capital letters in a post, with
understandable results.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just get a little bent out of shape =
when
non-musicians tout exotic temperaments. Having said that, I am =
actually
including alternate tunings in the self-tuner. People like what =
they
like. :-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net =
href="mailto:kevin.e.ramsey@cox.net">Kevin E.
Ramsey</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 03, 2004 =
6:30
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Non-ETs; more =
organic than
ET?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial =
size=2>Don, take a deep
breath... The real reason that some musicians, and technicians =
are again
playing around with historical temperaments is because it is believed =
that
some composers would choose a certain key signature because of the =
coloring
that key would give the music that they wanted to convey to their =
listeners.
Of course, truely equal temperament wasn't possible until the early =
20th
century, but that doesn't mean that one way is better than the =
other.
Now-adays I usually will offer my customers the possibility of having =
their
pianos tuned in a historical temperament, but I won't even bring the =
subject
up unless they're the kind of people who may be intrigued by the
possibility. I remember BB saying that he never ever tuned =
in ET,
and I thought; "And his customers don't even know =
it....." I
assume that people want ET when they call me. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I think you were a =
little
offended by the reference to engineers. Without engineers, we'd still =
be
living in the pre-industrial age and dying at the age of 35. There, =
feel
better?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>ET wasn't foisted upon the musical community by dastardly =
engineers,<BR>politicians, or by divine decree; it was invented *by* =
musicians
and has<BR>been universally adopted because WE LIKE IT and because it =
solves
the many<BR>problems and limitations you experience if you don't use =
it.
I AM a<BR>musician. ET vastly simplifies music for us and lets =
us all
play and<BR>modulate with complete freedom. Any other =
temperament is a
gimmick, like<BR>titanium golf clubs or a six-string bass =
guitar. A $500
cue isn't going to<BR>make you shoot pool any better and a fancy =
tuning isn't
going to make you<BR>sound any
better.<BR><BR>Don<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>