In a message dated 98-02-09 12:15:14 EST, you write: << What temperament(s) would be suitable to use with the Mendelssohn Piano Concerto #1 in G-minor? >> I agree with Ed on Young #1, Vallotti-Young or a Victorian. The music is 19th Century and any of these are 19th Century temperaments. It is important to consider the pianist's sensitivity. You need to be able to "moderate" or "mitigate" a temperament if the artist feels that some intervals are too strong. These can be 3rds that are too slow as well as too fast or 5ths that are too tempered. By learning to stretch your octaves creatively, you can use the inharmonicity that the piano has to "hide" the tempering in the 5ths in all but the temperament octave and midrange. This will not or need not "distort" the temperament any more than stretching the octaves "distorts" ET. You will still be able to maintain the differing speeds of the RBI's (10ths & 17ths). Regards, Bill
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