On Apr 24, 2009, at 3:59 AM, Sloane, Benjamin (sloaneba) wrote: > Seeing that what I claim about keyboards, tuning, and maintenance > on my authority—whether or not acknowledging it as such guesswork— > now may or may not be true according to better authority, it is a > good time for me to make assertions yet on the authority of even > others that will bolster some of my firmer convictions stated, > authorities that cannot be disputed in the CAUT environment or on > the CAUT list, by anyone. Hi Benjamin, I am very puzzled. This extremely long and rambling post was a propos of what? In response to what? What exactly are you trying to say and why? I am guessing it has something to do with the history of tuning systems, but exactly what is beyond me. BTW, with respect to the Palisca/Grout textbook, it has been taken over by Peter Burkholder, a college mate of mine (I accompanied him in voice lessons). A new edition came out recently, I think Peter's second stab at it. I wouldn't take such a generalized textbook as being a "final authority" on anything, though such works do tend to "follow the commonly accepted path." If you want details on a specific area, like historical tuning, you need to look at specialized books and articles. The generalizations of a general textbook often miss the details that matter the most. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu
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