<!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>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </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 6:33 = 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 8:28:30 AM Central Standard Time, <A = href="mailto:hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu">hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu</A>= (Conrad Hoffsommer) writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">>Anybody have any ideas on why an artist of his = supposed caliber would do <BR>>this? <BR><BR><BR><BR>Other than the = instructions at the beginning of the movement saying "senza <BR>sordino", I can't = think of a reason. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial = color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>I can't either.  If you are = going *alter* the music by using an instrument which is far larger with much longer = sustain than anything Beethoven had and particularly, tune in a way which by = all accounts Beethoven would never have had done, why take a small = notation like that literally?  It produced very dissonant sounds which for me, = ruined it. <BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">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>