<html> At 11:02 AM 5/9/2002 -0400, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite><font size=2><snip>This is because violinists have been taught to "avoid" the trap of playing with the "corrupted" equal temperement piano (like it was evil). They are taught to think that the evil piano tuner is convinced of his/her superiority of equal temperement, and is trying to force it on otherwise unsuspecting "real" musicians. </font></blockquote><br> Maybe this is why I was asked to tune a Chamber Music Festival in WT when the violinist compared WT to ET in my shop.<br> <br> Is it possible to have a violinist play and read his note placement on an ETD and record their deviation from ET and select<br> a suitable temperament to accompany his playing?. . . Or would that be too large an undertaking, bearing in mind playing<br> in different key signatures.   Just a thought<br> <br> <br> <div>Regards,</div> <br> <div>Jon Page,   piano technician</div> <div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div> <div><a href="mailto:jonpage@attbi.com" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@attbi.com</a></div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>