<!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 5.50.4915.500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was taught on a C 523.3 fork and just = moved to a C# temperament.  One half step up - beat rates are mostly the same.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>James</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=greeneguy63@mindspring.com href="mailto:greeneguy63@mindspring.com">Patrick Greene</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> Sunday, April 28, 2002 = 1:57 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: C Fork does not = equal 440cps</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>I guess my question is:  How = difficult is it to learn to use the A temperament?  I apprenticed under a guy who = felt that the C temp was more forgiving than the A temp.  I think he = was going to teach me the A temperament, but he never got around to it and I was = too ignorant to remind him.  The upshot is that now that is all I = use.  I have yet to tune for anyone other than churches and private individuals.  </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px"> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>