Hi Jim, Being likely one of those who comes off as thinking ET is mediocre., I just want to clarify something. I think ET is the hardest temperament of all to tune and any that can do it can tune any HT. ET is the last one taught in my fathers classes. He starts with just intonation and works them through meantone, well, and then ET as here virtually every note is tempered. We miss the pure and close to pure sounds in HT and even the wolves. It just makes each key alittle more interesting, though i certainly respect ET and think it is remarkable how close tuners actually come to it in practice. Any who do ET are certainly not backward. -Mike Jorgensen RPT JIMRPT wrote: in some > respects and how many who support "historical temperaments" have little but > contempt for ET. Go figure... it would seem to me that the enlightened ones > would show a little more compassion towards all the 'backward folk'....Huh? > JMO > Jim Bryant (FL) > " as "Beau Dahnker pianos work best under water" some spinets are best tuned > with a BFR" > Faintly Dull
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