Fred, Thanks for digging into this, and sharing it. Dan Reed pianoarts at tx.rr.com On Apr 10, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Fred Sturm wrote: > A month or so ago I mentioned an excellent article by Patrizio > Barbieri concerning the history of temperaments pertaining to the time > of the piano, from the Routledge Piano - an Encyclopedia. I contacted > Barbieri, and he was happy for me to post his article, but said he had > sold it under contract to the publisher, so I needed to get permission > from them. The publisher wanted over $500 for a license to post the > article on the web, even under the members only section of ptg.org > (it's an automated system, not an actual person you deal with). > However, I discovered that most of this encyclopedia is posted on > line, free of charge. Barbieri's articles on temperament and on the > Italian piano industry are exceptions, for which one has to pay a > premium. The first sample page is displayed, remainder on paying a > fee. The fee is $5.99. Following is the URL: > http://www.bookrags.com/tandf/temperamentshistorical-tf/ > There are many fascinating articles in this encyclopedia, a great > resource. Strange about a few articles being restricted. > Regards, > Fred Sturm > University of New Mexico > fssturm at unm.edu > > > >
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