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<DIV><FONT size=2>Bill,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Very well said. I applaud you for your =
tenacity in
pursing your approach.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I guess this is one of those threads which excites a =
lot of us
who have strong feelings on all sides of this discussion. <BR>Tom
Servinsky,RPT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 18, =
2001 1:54
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: more on this =
temperament
thing</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a =
message dated
10/18/01 12:28:26 PM Central Daylight Time, <A
href="mailto:drwoodwind@hotmail.com">drwoodwind@hotmail.com</A> (Ron =
Koval)
writes: <BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">I hear from other tuners, that they would like to =
appreciate
HT's, but the <BR>dissonences just get in the way. I'm not =
surprised,
considering the choice <BR>of temperaments listed; Young, Kirnberger =
III,
and the Coleman XI are all <BR>pretty strong choices! There is =
an
'aquired' aspect to tuning in <BR>temperaments, and it becomes =
easier to
accept 'stronger' temperaments the <BR>more they are heard. =
<BR></FONT><FONT
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face=Arial
lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>I read consistently good =
thinking from
you on this subject, Ron. Congratulations! I also liked =
what Tom
S. had to say. I'm tempted to write a long essay which few =
people might
read but I don't have the time right now. I've said it all =
before
anyway. <BR><BR>I'm sure that some people expect me to rant and rave, =
saying,
to paraphrase a couple of others, "The more H in the HT, the better" =
but I'm
not going to do that and it doesn't reflect my views anyway. =
<BR><BR>The truth
is that I am forced to listen and work with pianos tuned in ET all the =
time,
whether I want to or not. I appreciate a professionally tuned =
piano in
ET and have no gripe against it. Those technicians who insist =
upon ET
however must realize that they are imposing *their* values and belief =
system
on everyone else. It's understandable, it's the way they were =
trained.
<BR><BR>I went through that period myself, long ago. I would not =
use
Kirnberger, Werkmeister, Young or any of these most commonly known =
HT's for
Jazz, Romantic, Pop or anything else, precisely for the reasons the =
others
have stated. Since I rarely tune a piano for one specific type =
of music
for a single performance, I would almost never use any of these HT's. =
I
don't consider them appropriate for the modern piano, just as the =
people who
have said that they do not and for the same reasons they do not. =
<BR><BR>What
needs to be understood is that this "the *more* E in the T, the =
better" is a
fallacy in itself. Remember George Orwell who made fun of that =
concept?
Once it is not E, it is not E. One temperament cannot be =
more E
than the other. I accept that when the T is really E, *some* =
people like
it best. But many, if not most have expressed a liking for that =
*almost*
E but not taking it as far as *MEAN* (as in gritting your teeth, =
shaking your
head, leaving the room muttering how the world has gone NUTS) tone.
<BR><BR>And thanks, Ron for saying that the same applies to octaves =
too.
What sounds pure and *good* to the technician may well sound =
dull and
flat to the musician but not always. <BR><BR>My goal is clarity, =
definition
and texture, together providing for a more musically pleasing and =
appropriate
sound from the modern piano, not unacceptability. <BR><BR>Bill Bremmer =
RPT
<BR>Madison, Wisconsin</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>