<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com" title=HazenBannister@cs.com>HazenBannister@cs.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 28, 2002 = 8:48 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: This week's = encounters with Well Temperament</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 04/28/2002 10:04:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:jonpage@attbi.com">jonpage@attbi.com</A> writes: = <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">More and more professional musicians are requesting = HT's, like it or not. <BR><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial = lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial lang=0 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Hi list, <BR>I might have sent a partial = reply by mistake,sorry. <BR>Not wanting to sound contradictive.I can't find = anyone in my area who knows anything about different temperments.That includes colleges,technicians,anything or anybody.I am interested and have run = into a dead end street at every turn.This list talks about this topic a = lot,but it's the only place I ever see or hear about it.I'm looking forward to = Chicago,and tracking one of you down for info. <BR>In the dark, <BR>Hazen = Bannister </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>    Same here -- Every time I've = mentioned HTs to piano teachers, they've never heard of it.  A few younger musicians I know have electronic keyboards that enable other than ET = tuning, and they at least know what a different temperament is.  But I = have yet to have anyone request other than ET.  Others I mention it to = will say something like, "Hasn't everything been equal temperament since Bach's = Equal-tempered clavichord?" (or similarly ignorant response).  = And the very few educated people who are aware of HTs also seem to think = that one can play only in a few closely related keys or that one can't = wander too far from I - IV - V chord progressions.  --David Nereson, RPT, Denver</FONT></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV></FONT></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>