<HTML><HTML> In a message dated 6/5/04 7:40:49 AM, ANRPiano@aol.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">I know in myself I he= ar key colors even in ET where theoretically none should exist. <F= ONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"> </BLOCKQUOTE> Why not?  The number of beats in a major third varies from triad to tr= iad.  Why wouldn't that lend color to keys in ET?  I have always= heard differing colors in different keys. too, and I have this experience w= ith any piano. In tune or not, HT or ET.  Really, it seems to me to b= e a phenomenon exclusive of temperament choice.  Ask yourself, this, A= ndrew:  don't you recognize colors in different keys on any piano?&nbs= p;  And if you do, as I suspect you must, then the choice of keys by c= omposers may be independent of temperament. That said, I understand and agree with your delight over the non-ET tuning o= n your Conover.  There's no question that the refined ear can enjoy th= e non-homogenization of an HT or non-ET tuning. PianoTunaGuy (PTG) P.S. Some day I hope to be an RPT (RegularPianoTuna)</HTML>