Steve and all, Sorry if my comments left some impression of a value judgement. Of course there is room for all of us and all temperaments. The issue was that players and technicians who have not adjusted to unequal tunings can not be expected to be attentive to, and will probably not be listening for, subtle color changes. I firmly believe that with enough exposure and attention to the listening process these differences can be appreciated by the audience as well as by the tuner and player for that particular event. Is that such a bold statement? Not only would the opposing view leave us dangerously close to a charge that ultimately we are engaged in a self indulgent activity, but I personally can testify to this ability, and know others who can as well. Granted, I was not talking about the differences between two closely related Victorian tunings, for example, but the differences between a Well Temperament and 12et are obvious, unless perhaps you confine yourself to A maj. or Eb. Dennis Johnson St. Olaf College
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