<!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></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=070552321-19012002>Following the instructions I tried to = realize the EBVT today, find a temperament a little crude and glossy (these are = positives thoughts).</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=070552321-19012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=070552321-19012002>Not sure I have obtained the correct result, but it gives some contrast in = the keys and give the piano (Kaway RX2 , new) the impression to have something interesting in it . </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=070552321-19012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=070552321-19012002>I  did not find really shocking = tonalities, but I am not sure I understand the explanations about the 2d inversion of the = major triad in the first white keys . May I understand that the minor third = will beat as the major sixth in these keys (C G D A E B F).? If yes I don't see = how to hear fast beating minor thirds going up in the = scale.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=070552321-19012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=070552321-19012002>I am persuaded that any uninteresting piano as many actual ones will benefit = of these kind of temperament. May be only good pianos may be tuned in ET, as what = I heard of good pianos tuned in H.T makes the piano sound like if it was older ( = a little used).</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=070552321-19012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=070552321-19012002>Not sure I can explain what I feel there. I understand too that the kind of = tone you have in US pianos will accept more easily the HT than European = instruments . If a piano have yet character, it may be exaggerated to add more contrast = with a slightly uneven temperament.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=070552321-19012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=070552321-19012002>Beside, I totally agree that I find boring to = try to tune absolutely perfect even chromatic progressions, and that it does = not have much to do with music.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=070552321-19012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=070552321-19012002>A big advantage I feel there is to tune using the cycle of fifths is that it = oblige you to be aware of color and musicality of the = result.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=070552321-19012002>Cordier temperament for me is not really a = temperament, only a method , as it does not take in account the differences between = pianos it does not work in its theorical form always.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=070552321-19012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=070552321-19012002>EBVT (I will try it again) may well be much appreciated by musicians.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=070552321-19012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=070552321-19012002>I've find the black keys very nice, white keys a bit exaggerate sometime = (crude), but I was happy of what I find.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=070552321-19012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=070552321-19012002>Thanks </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=070552321-19012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=070552321-19012002>Isaac OLEG</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=070552321-19012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=070552321-19012002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>