To all, There frequently are comments about how interesting it is that often the audience, players, and yes, even technicians seem to not be able to tell if a piano was, or was not, tuned to equal temperament. The issue is not so much if one *can* hear the difference, but rather if one has learned how to listen, and what to listen for. These differences are obvious once one has become accustomed to the language. My point is that if we do a comparison test with random technicians and players and their identification skills seem to suggest a more or less random- or indecisive result between the tunings, perhaps that says more about this particular audience and the degree of their exposure and sensitivity to the unique colors of temperament possibilities, then it makes some sort of objective statement about real differences as can be perceived by the audience in concert. Perhaps that was sort of the message trying to be made, but it was not clear to me. Dennis Johnson St. Olaf College
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