<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>There does seem to be this notion that ET was not = possible on the instruments of that day.  This idea has been promulgated by = Jorgensen and others.  But, as I believe John Delacour pointed out a = while back, this seems based on documentation from the English tuners of that period = and may be inconsistent with what the Germans, and possibly the French, had = already come to know and practice.  As I said before, I think some new = documentation will be forthcoming that will shed new light on this disputed = point.  I have not seen all of it so I can't really comment further,but I think it = will be interesting.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>There are other pedal markings in Beethoven that are = sometimes modified to deal with the difference in sonority between the period and = modern instruments.  The opening to the Waldstein comes to mind.  I = think that this is where strictly adhering to the written dynamics while = playing the piece on a totally different instrument can get you into trouble, = even if you are Andras Schiff.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=Billbrpt@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Billbrpt@AOL.COM">Billbrpt@AOL.COM</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> March 13, 2002 9:03 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: I Wish!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 3/13/02 10:57:09 AM Central Standard Time, <BR>From: =    <A = href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n= et</A> (David Love) writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Not clear yet whether Beethoven's piano wasn't tuned in = ET (I am inclined to think that it very well might have been based on the = preliminary evidence that I've seem--more on that later), but certainly it = didn't have the sustaining power or as powerful a bass and many pianists make adjustments to the pedal markings = accordingly.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I'm not inclined to believe ET was possible as we know it on the instruments = of that period (see Conrad's remarks), only in theory.  In other words, = even if were trying for it, which I still doubt, it really could not have come = out to be ET the way we think of it today, the same as the pianos didn't come = up to today's standards. <BR><BR>But in any case, the temperament wouldn't = have nearly as much to do with the conflict of sounds which in this = performance amounted to unpleasant dischords as the very long sustain.  If I = were a critic writing a review in the newspaper, I would have blasted him for = it. <BR><BR>Bill Bremmer RPT <BR>Madison, Wisconsin <BR><A href="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b = r e m m e r . c o m =-</A> </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>